Re-rethinking Malinche

• I have conflicting opinions on Malinche, so the following points are me trying to play both sides of the argument. What is stated here is not necessarily how I feel about the subject.
  
• Malinche must be vilified. True, in the overall context of her role in the Conquista she may have been a woman simply trying to survive, but the indigenous peoples of Latin America must never forget the atrocities committed upon them by the Europeans. Attempting to justify her actions is similar to saying that tribal leaders in Africa were simply "trying to survive" by selling their captured to European slave traders. Or forgiving white police officers beating a black man by saying that they are simply "part of the system". She must vilified because she represents European/Mestizo dominance to the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Instead of betraying the Europeans, she translates for them and saves their lives on more than one occasion.
  
• Malinche was simply acting in her own best interests: survival. Even though she was the mouthpiece of Cortez, she had no choice in what she said. The Spaniards would have killed her and found another Malinche. As Octavio Paz puts it, she is truly la Chingada, the violated one. Mexico, and the rest of Latin America for that matter, were born out of the violation of the indigenous peoples by the Europeans. Although some might disagree, I believe that Malinche should be viewed as a racially unifying force in Mexico simply because she represents the racial and cultural synthesis of Mexico: la chingada (Malinche and the indigenous peoples) and el chingón (Cortez, the Spainards).