Keen's Latin American Civilization by Robert M. Buffington

Author:Robert M. Buffington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Westview Press

4. THE AGE OF VIOLENCE

“There is no good faith in America,” wrote Bolívar in 1829, “nor among the nations of America. Treaties are scraps of paper; constitutions, printed matter; elections, battles; freedom, anarchy; and life, a torment.” Many Spanish American observers echoed Bolívar’s cry of despair during the chaotic half century that followed independence. A fiery Chilean liberal, Francisco Bilbao (1823-1865), subjected republican government in Latin America to a penetrating critique in his essay America in Danger , written in 1862.

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