King Felipe VI stated this Monday in Madrid that there was «a lot of abuse» in the conquest of America and added that when some facts are studied and known with the criteria and values of today, «obviously they cannot make us feel proud», although he indicated that they must be known in their proper context. The monarch made these statements during an unofficial visit to the exhibition ‘The Woman in Indigenous Mexico’, which is on display at the National Archaeological Museum until next March 22, alongside the Mexican ambassador, Quirino Ordaz Coppel. The comments were posted on social media by the Royal Household. «Drawing lessons» During the tour of the exhibition, the monarch considered that, however, these facts must be known «in their proper context, not with excessive moral presentism, but with an objective and rigorous analysis». And thus, «drawing lessons, because there have also been, let's say, moral and ethical controversies regarding how power has been exercised from day one», the monarch stressed. «That is to say, the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabel with her guidelines, the Laws of the Indies, the entire legislative process, there is an eagerness for protection that later reality makes it not be fulfilled as intended and there has been a lot of abuse (...) And also, as I said before, to value the fact that from that knowledge, we will appreciate each other more», the king indicated. This exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Mexico, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Cervantes Institute and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), delves into the social context of indigenous women from the pre-Hispanic era.
