This week’s readings were quite interesting as it offered a new perspective for me. I had basic knowledge regarding who Simon Bolivar was, he was a The Liberator, and a soldier who led the revolutions against Spain, but I wasn’t quite aware of his ideas, or his political agenda.<\/p>\n
The part that I personally found the most interesting was how Bolivar said that to be a functioning society Latin America had to first work together, but this was not going to happen. The countries in Latin America have very different histories, and cultures for them to be led under one ideology might simply be unrealistic. In Bolivar’s perspective to expel the Spaniards, first, a union must be formed.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot of different points of view in Latin America regarding politics from Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Haiti. In particular, I found his idea regarding the future of Peru to be fascinating. I had some previous knowledge of Peru’s struggles regarding liberty while at the same time having that class division between gold and slaves. Bolivar’s\u00a0point stating that Peru has a lot of work to do if they plan to recover their independence is quite logical. How will they achieve liberty if the rich won’t accept democracy and the slaves will never accept aristocracy. Their divisions are preventing the country from achieving freedom. This great division of ideas can kind of give an idea of what the government of Peru will look like in the future. It’s evident in the text Bolivar’s disparity\u00a0when in comes to their inability to rule themselves, and in turn, they will always need the guidance of the Spaniards.<\/p>\n
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