US EditionSpain Recognizes the ‘Pain and Injustice’ Caused to Mexico’s Indigenous Peoples
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares expressed regret for injustices against Mexico’s Indigenous peoples during a major art exhibition, marking a diplomatic milestone after years of stalled relations.
- Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares publicly acknowledged on Friday that `There has been pain and injustice toward the Indigenous peoples and it is only right to acknowledge and lament it.`, which Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum praised as a first step.
- In 2019, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote to King Felipe VI seeking an apology, but Spain's lack of response left Mexico viewing relations as stalled.
- The exhibition comprises 435 pieces ranging from Olmec figures dating to 1400 BC to contemporary textiles across four Madrid venues including Instituto Cervantes and Museo de América.
- Spain has thus taken a fundamental step toward rapprochement with Mexico after the exhibition, and Albares noted that next year Mexico will be the guest country at Fitur.
- By including works that had not left Mexico before, the show required community consent, featuring the `Diosa Madre` sculpture from Puebla and representing all 32 states of Mexico and 30 centuries of Indigenous peoples.
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In the context of the opening of the pre-Columbian art exhibitions “Half the World. Women in Indigenous Mexico,” the Spanish government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the socialist José Manuel Albares, said that “the shared history between Mexico and Spain, like all human history, has chiaroscuros. There has been pain and injustice towards the original peoples. There was injustice, it is just to recognize it and regret it. That is part of our sh…
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The opening of a major four-part exhibition of Mexican Indigenous art in Spain could be a step toward rapprochement after Spain’s foreign minister acknowledged the “injustice and pain” caused to “the Indigenous peoples of Mexico.” The exhibition “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico,” showing in four venues across Madrid, is a tribute to the feminine universe. It highlights — through ceramics, textiles, sculptures and jewelry — the role of…
The head of Spanish diplomacy made these confessions while Mexico demanded an apology from Spain.
Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel Albaras acknowledged Friday "the pain and injustice" caused by the indigenous peoples during the Spanish occupation of America, after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum again asked Madrid to present...
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