Sharjah24 - AFP: Mexico celebrated the 200th anniversary of the country's independence from Spain on Monday with a commemoration featuring fireworks, theatre, and pyrotechnics in the capital's central plaza.
The event in Mexico City's Zocalo square, once the heart of the Aztec empire, was headed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
"What we experienced that day, 200 years ago, marked forever our political separation with Spain," said AMLO, the acronym by which the president is known.
Multiple countries sent congratulatory messages, including US President Joe Biden, who assured that his country "has no closer friend than Mexico."
"I look forward to all that our two nations will accomplish together in the years to come," Biden said in recorded video.
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