British Economic Involvement in Latin America
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How did neocolonialism make Latin America after independence resemble regions of Asia and Africa (Chapters 25 & 26) that were subjected to direct colonial rule?
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During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the UK pursued the development of economic links with now-independent Latin American countries based on free trade principles which favoured British interests. The economic, social, and political impacts of these economic links may be described as neocolonial "Informal Empire" and resembled formal empire as found in Asia and Africa in all but name.
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Your question is "How did neocolonialism make Latin America after independence resemble regions of Asia and Africa that were subjected to direct colonial rule?" Since the question presupposes Latin American independence and makes a comparison to Asian and African regions under direct colonial rule, you are looking at the historical period of about 1815 to 1945 (these are only approximate dates: Latin American former colonies largely gained independence from Spain/Portugal between 1810-1825; European rule in regions of Asia and Asia extended from the nineteenth century until the Second World War and ended in spurts over the second half of the twentieth century).
A wave of political independence from Spain (and in the case of Brazil, from Portugal) occurred across Latin America in the context of the Napoleonic Wars and the French Republic's conquest of Iberia along with much of the rest of Europe. This marked a significant political and economic change in the Americas: efforts by ...
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