CANNIBALISM IN THE AGE OF THE CONQUISTADORS.(WORLD)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: August 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: David Usborne

As every Mexican schoolchild knows, theirs is a nation forged nearly 500 years ago by the conquests of a Spanish adventurer named Hernando Cortez who subdued the once-proud Aztec empire with just a few hundred men. They also know that Cortez was helped by European disease - which eventually wiped out much of the indigenous population - and, most importantly, by misplaced Aztec hospitality.

The story is told every day still, lingering like...

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