WSJ/ NICHOLAS CASEY And MATT MOFFETT /
" ...during Sunday's World Cup final—pitting Spain against the Netherlands—Spain's murderous rule of Mexico in the last millennium will be forgotten. "If Spain is the Motherland, it's an awful mother to have," says Jamie Abundis, a Mexico City historian. "But the truth is I want them to win."
Tomorrow "... an unlikely battle cry will hail from the former colonies of Spain: "Vamos España!" Sure, Spain once robbed, raped and raided its way across the Americas. But it also bequeathed a language, religion and culture that still inspire loyalty from Chile to New Mexico."
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