Mexico apologises to Mayan people for historic abuses

Mexican President Obrador apologises for atrocities against Mayans

Mexico has officially apologised to its indigenous Mayan populations for atrocities committed against them over the last five centuries. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador apologised to the Mayans for the abuses they faced in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest. Obrador was speaking at an event which was also attended by Guatemalan leader Alejandro Giammattei in the state of Quintana Roo.

‘Terrible abuse’: Mexico apologises to Indigenous Maya people

The apology marked the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest and 200 years of Mexican independence from Spain.

Mexico has apologised to its Indigenous Maya population for centuries of 'terrible' abuse

Mexico's president officially apologised to the Indigenous Maya people for abuses committed against them in the centuries since the Spanish conquest.

Mexico apologises to Mayan people for historic abuses

The country's president apologises for abuses committed in the five centuries since Spain's conquest.

Mexico apologises to indigenous Maya for centuries of abuse

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's government offered an official apology on Monday to the indigenous Maya people for the "terrible abuses" committed against them in the centuries since the Spanish conquest.

Mexico marks end of last Indigenous revolt with apology

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico on Monday marked the anniversary of a 1901 battle that ended one of the last Indigenous rebellions in North America, by issuing an apology for centuries of brutal exploitation and discrimination. Monday's ceremony was held in the hamlet of Tihosuco in the Mayan township of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, the headquarters of the rebellion. It comes amid broader commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the 1519-1521 Spanish Co…