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Conservatism In Latin America
Introduction

Liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty made independence possible, social alliances were justified with promises of future equality.

New liberal themed republic are the result everywhere except brazil.

Liberal rule in these areas is unsuccessful initially and governments came and went quickly

Newly independent governments had few resources and many challenges.

True democracy and liberalism was unlikely due to entrenched conservative hierarchies.

Political violence and corruption was common with politics a quest for advancement.

Liberal disappointment

Fundamental problems exist over legal equality and social hierarchy.

Liberalism grew more out of a middle class English/French system.

Latin America was not as in touch
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Cultural debates were often framed by religion,the conservatives favored the traditional and official status of the church whereas the liberals wanted separation of church and state and freedom to worship.

Liberals favored progressive U.S., English and French models and the conservatives traditional,Spanish colonial ones.

Partisans and representative politics was a new experience here .

Thomas Jefferson said “Erecting the wall of separation between church and state is absolutely essential in a free society”.

There was horrible economic damage from independence.

Mexico and Peru had the mining industry hit hard.

Little hope existed of new lones or outside investment due to European industrialization.

The monopoly on trade by Spain was gone but imports/exports are largely taken over by others powers.

Major transportation problems existed as there are few navigable rivers,step mountains,and dense jungles.

It was difficult to produce exports worth the transit expense when few ports,roads,etc existed.

Economically Latin Americas declines while awaiting capital
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Landowners are the most powerful class now as other rival groups such as artisians,merchants,mine operators,had been largely eliminated.

Transculturation is encouraged by the landowning class as the country is seen to define nativism.

Music,dance,and dress is reflective of these new identities.

Literature also helped in the formation of new identities.

Costumbrismo created national self-portraits to define new groups.
Nativism is popular during the post-independence period.

By 1850 its clear that the creoles are not going yo lose their hold on power.

Few rebellions like the caste war in the Yucatan and bahian slave conspiracy occur but are unsuccessful.

White minority rule,cultural hegemony of their values is still dominant.

Creole rule in the name of the colonizer and religion is replaced by that of civilization.

Tranculturation and culutural hegemony allowed continued control for elite minority as a result.

Language is one example of culturual hegemony
Spanish and Portuguese was the language empire.

Most people in Latin America were illiterate so their role in high society,government etc is inherently

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