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