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Week 5: Caudillos Versus the Nation State

This week’s lecture focused largely on caudillos and the difference between liberalism and conservatism in regards to the foothold they had in Latin American nations in the nineteenth century. To answer two of the questions asked during the lecture “Why was post-independence Latin America such fertile ground for caudillos?” and “Why were caudillos especially popularContinue reading “Week 5: Caudillos Versus the Nation State”

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Week 5: Same Same but Different

Independence of a nation state implies freedom and hope for a more unified future for the people. However in reality it is always more complicated than that. Breaking free from the colonial power, ‘The Spanish Royals’, proved to derail much of the central authority in Latin America. Since it was the Creole elites who leadContinue reading “Week 5: Same Same but Different”

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