Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum proposes removing Cortés' name from a mountain pass

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wants to rename a mountain pass.

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The name of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés would be replaced with a tribute to indigenous peoples.

This initiative is part of a cultural reappropriation policy.

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