Mexican textbook omits Conquest

MEXICO CITY - A new primary school world history textbook is causing a stir in Mexico because it leaves out any mention of the Spanish Conquest.

Few events have shaped Mexico's culture, ethnicity and history more than the 1521 conquest.

Assistant Education Secretary Fernando Gonzalez told the Mexican newspaper El Universal there was no intention of covering up Spain's brutal conquest of indigenous societies.

He said intermediate-level history texts would address the topic.

- AP