{"id":9223,"date":"2019-03-26T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=9223"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:48:35","slug":"lopez-obrador-asks-spain-the-pope-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/lopez-obrador-asks-spain-the-pope-to-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"lopez obrador asks spain &#038; the pope to apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>yesterday, mexican  commemorated the 500th anniversary of the spanish conquest of mexico with a video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lopez-obrador-mayan-ruins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9228\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lopez-obrador-mayan-ruins-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"president lopez obrador at the mayan ruins in comacalco with his wife beatr\u00edz gutierrez\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lopez-obrador-mayan-ruins-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lopez-obrador-mayan-ruins-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/lopez-obrador-mayan-ruins.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>lopez obrador and his wife beatr\u00edz gutierrez commemorating the 500th anniversary of the conquest in mexico<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong>local.es<\/strong>  like this<\/p>\n<h4>spain&#8217;s centuries of dominance in the new world, <em>backed<\/em> by the catholic church, <em>leapt<\/em> from the history books to the headlines when mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador <em>called on<\/em> spanish king felipe vi and pope francis to <em>apologize<\/em> for the conquest and the rights violations committed in its <em>aftermath<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>back<\/em><\/strong>, used as a verb here, means <em>support<\/em>. <strong><em>leapt<\/em><\/strong> is the irregular past tense of<em> leap<\/em>, which means <em>jump<\/em>. it is pronounced like <em>kept<\/em> or <em>slept<\/em>. <em><strong>call on<\/strong><\/em> means <em>demand<\/em>, <em>request<\/em>. is <em>say you&#8217;re sorry<\/em>. it&#8217;s a verb. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong> is the <em>consequences of a negative event<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Priest-leading-workers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9234\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Priest-leading-workers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Priest-leading-workers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Priest-leading-workers.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>diego rivera&#8217;s vision of the aftermath of the conquest<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>spain&#8217;s response, which came almost immediately, was  in the headline&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1><em>Sorry not sorry<\/em>: Spain <em>rejects<\/em> Mexico&#8217;s <em>demand<\/em> for <em>apology<\/em> for colonial abuses<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/smart-penguins-buy-diamonds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>reject<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is the opposite of <em>accept<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/demand-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>demand<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, different than <em>demandar<\/em> in spanish which implies legal action, is <em>insist<\/em>. is a noun. don&#8217;t confuse the plural <em>apologies<\/em> with the previously mentioned verb <em>apologize<\/em>. <em><strong>sorry not sorry<\/strong><\/em> is a fashionable phrase used when an apology is expected but not going to happen. it&#8217;s used as the title of this popular song by <strong>demi lovato<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MsvER1dpjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>offically, the spanish government said<\/p>\n<h4>the government of spain deeply <em>regrets<\/em> that the letter the mexican president sent to his majesty the king, whose contents we firmly reject, has been made public. the arrival, 500 years ago, of spaniards to present mexican territory cannot be judged in the light of contemporary considerations. our two brother nations have always known how to read our shared past without anger and with a constructive perspective.<\/h4>\n<p> means <em>sorry<\/em>, <em>sad<\/em> or <em>disappointed<\/em>. but of all the actions spain could have mentioned that they <em>regret<\/em> in their history with mexico, they instead\u00a0regret that lopez obrador\u2019s letter to the king became public.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/toluca-lyric-5-all-the-stars-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even<\/a> if we accept the spanish government\u2019s argument that the conquest of 500 years ago cannot be judged by modern standards, clearly mexico, the victim of colonization, has more to be angry about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mexico-asks-spain-to-apologise-for-conquest-500-years-ago__603164_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9233\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mexico-asks-spain-to-apologise-for-conquest-500-years-ago__603164_-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"spanish conquistador with sword raised against indigenous mexican\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>it&#8217;s just a conquest. and 300 years of colonization. don&#8217;t be mad.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>but lopez obrador ain&#8217;t mad. reuters.com  earlier today.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader_headline\">Mexico president wants no <em>beef<\/em> with Spain, <em>hints<\/em> at other <em>apology<\/em> requests<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>beef<\/em><\/strong> in this context is a fashionable way to say a <em>conflict<\/em> or a <em>fight<\/em>. lopez obrador isn&#8217;t looking for conflict or confrontation with spain is<em> indicate,<\/em>\u00a0<em>suggest<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HernanCortes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9232\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HernanCortes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hern\u00e1n cortes\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HernanCortes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/HernanCortes.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>hern\u00e1n cortes: any regrets? ( album \/ sfgp)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the <em>hint<\/em> that lopez obrador gave was when he was asked by a reporter if he would request apologies from france or the u.s. for intervening in mexico.<\/p>\n<h4>lopez obrador interrupted the question and said: \u201c<em>in time<\/em>.\u201d<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>in time<\/em><\/strong> means <em>later but not right now<\/em>. additionally, amlo said that as mexico&#8217;s president&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>he would ask <em>forgiveness<\/em> for historic abuses and murders committed against indigenous mexican peoples [by the mexican government after independence], including the yaqui in the north of the country and the maya in the south.<\/h4>\n<div>and added<\/div>\n<h4>power is humility<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>forgiveness<\/strong><\/em> is the noun associated with the verb . the suffix -ness makes it a noun. ask for <em>forgiveness<\/em> is another way to say <em>apologize<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diego-Riveras-murals-highlight-the-brutality-and-corruption-of-the-Spanish-conquest-and.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9231\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diego-Riveras-murals-highlight-the-brutality-and-corruption-of-the-Spanish-conquest-and-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diego-Riveras-murals-highlight-the-brutality-and-corruption-of-the-Spanish-conquest-and-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diego-Riveras-murals-highlight-the-brutality-and-corruption-of-the-Spanish-conquest-and-660x473.png 660w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diego-Riveras-murals-highlight-the-brutality-and-corruption-of-the-Spanish-conquest-and.png 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>sorry not sorry<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>what do u think? 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