Question

why do you think the Latin American countries remained undeveloped despite getting independence from colonial rule?

Answer 1

Some latin American countries have limited resources, which has kept the GDP lower, while countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela have mineral resources, but due to its vast population have remained undeveloped.

Secondly, corruption and lack of accountability has kept the nations poor.

Finally, the drug business has also played its part in keeping the Latin American nations underdeveloped.

Answer 2

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• Latin American countries were under the control of Spain and Portugal for nearly 300 years.

• In most of the Spanish ruled countries all powers are concentrated in the hands of supreme council located in Madrid.

• The Spanish landlords kept agriculture and Industry under their control for their benefit.

• They never tried or planned to spark the internal development.

• The colonial rulers maintained monopolistic trade relations for the benefit of their economies.

• The colonies were forced to develop cultivation of commercial crop.

• In this way the colonial control forced a kind of underdevelopment of the colonies despite getting independence from colonial rulers.

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