https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a Mexican newspaper Thursday to reveal the source that leaked it a controversial letter he wrote to the king of Spain urging him to apologize for the conquest 500 years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20190412/mexican-president-demands-source-of-leaked-letter-to-spain Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:55:01 +0200 mexican-president-demands-source-of-leaked-letter-to-spain The Mexican president's demand for an apology over the "abuses" of colonialism drew opposite reactions across the Atlantic Tuesday -- anger in a Spain still proud of its imperial glory, and eyerolls in Mexico. https://www.thelocal.es/20190327/reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:46:13 +0100 reaction-anger-in-spain-eyerolls-in-mexico-over-conquest-row The 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest were ripped open afresh on Monday when Mexico's president urged Spain and the Vatican to apologize for their "abuses" -- a request Madrid said it "firmly rejects." https://www.thelocal.es/20190326/sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:00:05 +0100 sorry-not-sorry-spain-rejects-mexicos-demand-for-apology-for-colonial-abuses