A lot of negative things have been said about the exploration of Columbus and Spain's role in the oppression of indigenous tribes in the Americas. On the contrary, Spain has done a great service to most tribes, especially the weaker tribes who often suffered the most when stronger tribes expanded their search for victims of their brutal human sacrifices. Recent archaeological discoveries confirmed Columbus' report that a vicious tribe, the Caniba, would plunder the peaceful tribe the Spaniards had befriended, the gentle Arawak people, whom Columbus dubbed "the best people in the world", cannibalizing the men and raping the women. The Spaniard Cortez enlisted the help of weaker tribes in finally overcoming the stronger, dreaded Aztecs. Archaeological discoveries have further revealed that human sacrifice was widespread across the Americas. Who would want to preserve that brutal practice? Not the majority of peaceful indigenous tribes.
The conversion of the native Indians to Catholicism was going slowly until the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the indigenous man Juan Diego in 1531 and left a miraculous image of herself on his coat, still visible and unexplained by scientists today. That resulted in the baptism of nine million Indians in a few short years. When Spain finally relinquished control of their part of the Americas hundreds of years later, the new nations, instead of going back to pagan religions and human sacrifices, wisely chose to keep the imports of the Spanish: Catholicism, libraries, schools, universities, churches, infrastructure, etc, etc.
The foresight and courage of Christopher Columbus, with the support of Queen Isabella of Spain, led to the civilization and Christianization of the Americas and eventually to the creation of the United States of America, the superpower that rescued Europe and the free world from the Third Reich and Marxist Atheism. For that reason alone, France, England and a host of other nations owe a debt of gratitude to their southern neighbor. If Spain had decided not to support Columbus' journey, who knows how long it would have taken for civilization to finally reach the Americas. Undoubtedly, the formation of nations would have taken a different path and perhaps there would have been no superpower from the West ready to save Europe at the opportune time.
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