Spanish composer and director Nacho Cano, founder of the pop group Mecano, He assured that Latin American countries like Ecuador and Mexico should be grateful for the arrival of the Spanish colonizers, not the English.
“Thank God that the Spanish arrived in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador and El Salvador, because if it had been the English, they would not have left anyone alive.”“Cano said daily World, during the promotion of the second season in Madrid of the musical ‘Malinche’, dedicated to the character of this indigenous woman who was Hernán Cortes’s lover and adviser and was instrumental in the conquest of America.
“The indigenous population was killed or enslavedand with Christianity, the third time happened, which is mixing and integration thanks to baptism”, he added, without giving further details.
The artist also talked about other factors that, according to him, led to the conquest of America. “We should ask ourselves why we always focus on the negative. We carried human rights charters, we succeeded in abolishing slavery, we are responsible for something as beautiful as the mixing of races“, assured the Spaniard.
“If we hadn’t discovered America, you wouldn’t have that iPhone World War II would be won by Hitler…And yet, historically speaking, we still accept that we are sons of bitches,” he declared.
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Likewise, in an interview given to the agency Efethe artist believed that “The history of Mexico is the history of Spain. Mexico does not exist before the Spanish left. There were a number of opposing groups, mostly dominated by the Aztecs, who actually made up 2% of the population when Hernán Cortés arrived. And everyone is fighting each other.”
Nacho Cano is the creator of ‘Malinche’, a musical which, according to his office, glorifies the incredible story of mixing and diversity through music and dance. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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