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What were the long term effects of the Latin American revolutions?
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Content: Immediate effects of the revolutions included freedom and independence for the people of the liberated countries. However, in the long term, poor governance of the liberated countries led to instability and increasing poverty in those areas. Strong leaders fought against each other to assert their dominance and authority over the different territories. The situation paved the way for human rights abuses that continue until today in some of these countries. Prevailing high levels of instability can also be traced back to poor leadership after the different countries attained independence. Further Reading
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Of course, the major long term outcome of these revolutions was the creation of a number of independent nations in Latin America. However, the revolutions had less positive impacts. I think you can argue that they helped lead to the poverty and instability that has plagued many Latin American countries. The revolutions led to political systems that were dominated by strong men, or caudillos. These systems were not interested in providing equality or democracy.