Latin America’s Struggles After Independence

Latin America has been experiencing Spanish colonial rule for many years but started seeking independence around 1800. The next few years was full of rebellion and war with the aim of independence from Spain in the colonial era. "Americans" now can dominate themselves and believe that Spain no longer needs to dominate the United States. When Latin America finally beat Spain, a new problem began to emerge. It was triggered by a longstanding war that led to disarray and turmoil in Latin America.

Africa and Latin America had been independent of European colonial rule for the century and a half: most of Latin America since 1820 and most of Africa since 1960. Time and space are quite far apart, but there are important similarities. In both cases, independence followed by political instability, violent conflict, and economic stagnation (decades of loss) that lasted half a century. These similarities show that Africa withdraws from the period of collapse after the empire, as in the case of Latin America one and a half century ago, and may enter the period of relative political stability and economic growth It is.

Industrialization after depression in Latin America During the first century after independence, all Republics in Latin America followed export-oriented growth economic policy based on primary commodity exports. - Today's market is becoming very important, so society considers it totally natural. From "economic problems" Heil Bronner explained three major solutions, the market is one. In addition, on the market, Polanyis' book Great Transformation can deepen the understanding of the amount society can actually occupy on the market. For Polanyi, the market society is regarded not as an economy in social relations but as a social relationship in the economy.

Despite all the economic, social and political changes that followed the independence of Latin America, the country remained unchanged. There is little change in revolution and reform. To some extent, Latin America contravenes the world historical trend of the 19th century. In the era of imperialism, it removed colonial rule. In this sense, Latin America is more isolated than other countries. Efforts to imitate the West has taken place. Intervention from the United States is another external force