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Current Event: Mexico apologises to Indigenous Maya people for historic abuses

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Current Event: Mexico apologises to Indigenous Maya people for historic abuses

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Who: President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
What Happened: Mexico’s government has offered an official apology to the Maya Indigenous people for the “terrible abuses” committed against them in the centuries since the Spanish conquest. The apology marked the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest and 200 years of Mexican independence from Spain. His government also recognised the racism and neglect that continue to afflict the ethnic minority.

When: May 2021
Where:The southeastern state of Quintana Roo
Why: He was asking for forgiveness for the abuses inflicted on them during the bloody 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire.

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The Ancient Maya shared a similar ideology and worldview, but they were never united as a single empire. Instead, the Maya lived in individual political states that were linked together through trade, political alliances, and tribute obligations.

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The population of the Maya People is around 7,000,000. They are location in modern day Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador in Central America.

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The Maya flag is divided diagonally into four fields, the one closest to the hoist is white (for peace), the field in the fly end is yellow (for the sun), the top field is blue (for the sky) and the bottom field is red (for fire).

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The Maya flag is divided diagonally into four fields, the one closest to the hoist is white (for peace), the field in the fly end is yellow (for the sun), the top field is blue (for the sky) and the bottom field is red (for fire).

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The Maya believed that their king was given the right to rule by the gods. They believed that the king worked as an intermediary between the people and the gods and that they had the right to be ruled by their king. They want independence to express their strong religion and culture.

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Maya narratives promote nationalisms based on the reaffirmation of Maya ethnicity and languages that constitute what it means to be Maya in present-day society, as well as political-cultural projects oriented toward the future. One movement called the Pan-Maya Movement promoted nationalism in response to the violent counter-insurgency policies that disproportionately affected indigenous communities during the Guatemalan Civil War. This movement was to promote their culture, which is related to their strive for independence.

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Culture that makes them different from where they are today

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Culture that makes them different from where they are today

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The Maya people are extremely religious. A Maya city can be recognized from the stepped pyramids, huge plazas and expansive palaces built for kings and nobles.

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The chances are that the Maya People won't get their own nation in my lifetime. They make up a lot of Central America, but they are split up among it and have integrated with the people there. Therefore, it is unlikely that they will have their own nation relatively soon.

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The earliest Mayan economy was based on agriculture, and the Maya cultivated crops such as cassava (manioc), squash, beans, and corn (maize), which was their staple crop.