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“I have sent a letter to the king of Spain and another to the pope calling for a full account of the abuses and urging them to apologize to the indigenous peoples (of Mexico) for the violations of what we now call their human rights,” Lopez Obrador, 65, said in the video, which he posted to his social media accounts.

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Adam DJ Brett, "Mexico demands Spain apologize for colonial abuse of indigenous people," Doctrine of Discovery Project (25 March 2019), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/mexico-spain-colonial-abuse/.

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