Feijóo, after the King’s statements about the Conquest of America: “To now make an examination of the things that happened in the 15th century is nonsense”
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has valued the King’s words about Mexico this Monday, when he recognized that there had been “abuses” by Spain in the conquest of America. Feijóo has downplayed the message, pointing out that it was not a formal statement. “Yesterday, it was a conversation at an exhibition, a conversation, not a declaration or institutional discourse, it must be contextualized in the context,” said the leader of the Popular Party in an interview on esRadio, where he said he was “proud of the legacy” left by the Spaniards.
“The arrival of Spain to America has brought about an exceptional linguistic and cultural community. Any Spanish performance during the conquest can be compared with advantage, like any other performance of any other empire of the time. To now do an examination in the 21st century of the things that happened in the 15th century is nonsense. I am proud of the Hispanic legacy in Latin America. All the human rights, universities, hospitals… and rights of indigenous peoples of the time that the Catholic Monarchs gave were far superior to those they had in their territory,” he expressed. Feijóo.
“By taking things out of context we reach absurdity,” said Feijóo, who added: “Mr. López Obrador (former president of Mexico) took things out of context, not us.” In 2019, the then Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador demanded in a letter that the King apologize for the excesses committed during the Conquest of America and the Monarch, according to the Government, left that letter unanswered.
