Mexico apologises to native Mayans on 120th anniversary of battle
Mexico apologises to native Mayans on 120th anniversary of battle that ended one of North America's last indigenous rebellions Caste War of Yucatan pitted native Maya against Latino descendants of Spanish colonists who controlled power in the region and were considered 'white' Five-decade conflict saw some 300,000 killed on sides split along ethnic lines War unofficially ended in 1901, with the Maya pushed into undeveloped parts of southern Yucatan where a majority still live in poverty Mexico marked the end of the conflict with an apology to the Maya for 'discrimination which even now ...
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