An apology to Aztecs 500 years too late
14 Aug 2021
Does an apology 500 years too late of any value? This is the question that arises as Mexico’s leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had apologised to the indigenous people while marking the 500th anniversary of Hernan Cortes, leader of the Spanish forces defeating the Aztec emperor Moctezuma at the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1521, on which the present-day Mexico City stands.