caudilos
With few roads and no traditions of unity, regionalism,or loyalty to a local area, weakened the new nations. Local strongmen, called caudillos (kow THEE yohs), assembled private armies to resist the central government.
dictators governed latin american nations after independence
Latin American nations have tried to achieve economic independence by controlling their means of production. Oil producing Latin American nations have nationalized oil companies.
During the Cold War there were many Latin American countries soliciting intervention from the United States. Some of these countries were Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, and Nicaragua.
New Latin American republics had little difficulty achieving democratic rule
Venezuela and Ecuador are the only OPEC members in Latin America.
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Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia are the wealthiest Latin American nations.
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Latin American Nations
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