Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum speaks after the Spanish government said that it will not send any representatives to the historic ceremony to protest that Spanish King Felipe VI was not invited during her speech at the inauguration of the Museo Vivo del Muralismo in Mexico City, Mexico September 25, 2024 REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
MEXICO CITY/MADRID (Reuters) - A fight dating back more than five centuries reemerged on Wednesday as Mexico's incoming president defended a decision to not invite the Spanish king to her inauguration next week after the monarch declined to apologize for colonial-era abuses.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also weighed in earlier in the day, describing the snub as "unacceptable," less than a week before Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's Oct. 1 swearing-in ceremony.
