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Re:The Birth of New Spain by zozin on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:33PM (#23911694)
What do you mean by science-washing? Are you implying that the Spanish intentionally killed 60 to 95% of indigenous Americans?
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Re:The Birth of New Spain by aunty_helen on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:59PM (#23913210)
In Uruguay it was closer to 98%, when the indigenous people didn't want to conform with property rights, the order was given to wipe them out.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matanza_del_Salsipuedes (There's no English article unfortunately)

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Re:The Birth of New Spain by dgut on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:00PM (#23913493)
That was after the Spanish authorities were kicked out of that region. The New Laws and Laws of the Indies, which had been in place for nearly three centuries by then, forbade such actions.
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