Acknowledgment shows shift in tone after six years of diplomatic spats over colonial-era abuses Acknowledgment shows shift in tone after six years of diplomatic spats over colonial-era abuses Spain has acknowledged and expressed regret over the “pain and injustice” suffered by the Indigenous people of Mexico during its conquest of the Americas , heralding a shift in tone after six years of diplomatic spats over the abuses of the colonial period. In March 2019, Mexico’s then president, Andrés