Scratch many a Latin American and you will find, not far below the surface, resentment against Spain and its conquistadors. The resentment is often focused on the tons of gold and silver the Spaniards carried off. More recently it has been directed at their ill treatment of indigenous peoples in the Americas. So Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's new president, who is also a keen amateur historian, was on solid political ground when last month he demanded that Felipe VI, Spain's current king, and Pope Francis publicly apologise for the conquest. "The offences that the original peoples suffered should be recognised," he said. "Thousands of people were killed...one culture, one civilisation imposed itself on another."
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机译：划伤许多拉丁美洲，你会发现，不到地面，怨恨西班牙及其征服者。 怨恨往往集中在黄金和银色的吨。 最近，它一直针对了美国美洲土着人民的虐待。 所以andres manuel lopez Obrador，墨西哥的新总裁，他也是一个热敏的业余历史学家，在上个月时，他要求他要求菲利普，西班牙当前的国王，教皇弗朗西斯对征服公开道歉。 “应该承认原始人民遭受的罪行，”他说。 “成千上万的人被杀...一种文化，一个文明对另一个文明施加了一个文明。”
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