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Latin America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Latin America (See also Ibero-America and Use of the word American) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e. languages derived from Latin) are officially or primarily spoken. Alternatively, Latin America is typically contrasted with Anglo-America where English, a Germanic language, predominates. ..." |
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Capitalism and Statism in Latin America, by Manuel F. Ayau, 4 Oct 1997
Speech given to The Philadelphia Society, San Antonio, Texas regional meeting
"South and Central America have suffered and lived under what Adam Smith condemned as the mercantile system, better known later as mercantilism, inherited from Spain and Portugal since colonial days, with the few exceptional decades in the end of last century and beginning of the present." |
An Aristocracy of Pull?, by Thomas M. Wilson, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 2001
Related Topics: Achievement
"In Spanish America, it should be recalled, the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century were not revolutions. They were reactionary rebellions led by native-born elites, known as criollos, aimed at restoring the monarchial system toppled by Napoleon's invasion of Spain and ouster of Ferdinand VII." |
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Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America
by Ted Galen Carpenter, 2003
Related Topics: War on Drugs |
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