Early Latin America
•The political culture of
Latin America’s leaders had been shaped by the Enlightenment, but they
faced problems growing from their own history.
•Their colonial heritage did not include
participatory government;
•highly centralized states had created both patterns of dependence and resentment.
•Class and regional
interests divided nations; wealth was unevenly distributed.
•The rise of European industrial capitalism
placed Latin America nations in a dependent economic position.