Zitat:Spain admits 'suffering' caused by conquest of Mexico [...]

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Friday officially acknowledged the "suffering and injustice" that Spain's conquistadors meted out to Mexico's indigenous people some five centuries ago. "There was injustice, and it is merely right and fair to acknowledge and deplore this. It is part of our joint history. We can neither deny it nor forget it," Albares said on opening an exhibition of indigenous Mexican art in Madrid.

The exhibition was organized at the request of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. It is part of the "path of justice and reconciliation that we are traveling together; another milestone in our relations and our brotherhood," said Albares.

Sheinbaum described Albares' statement as "the first step" in the right direction. "This is the first time that a member of the Spanish government has given expression to regret over the injustices committed. That's important," she said. Apologizing was not humiliation, but rather conferred true greatness on governments and nations, Sheinbaum added. Meanwhile, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, the leader of Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP), claimed that he is "not going to be ashamed of my country's history."