believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy …. Modern analysts see a more unequal Latin America compared with Asia and the rich post-industrial nations and then assume that … in the mid-19th century just prior Latin America's belle époque. It only became high thereafter. Historical persistence …

Africa and Latin America secured their independence from European colonial rule a century and half apart: most of Latin … America after 1820 and most of Africa after 1960. Despite the distance in time and space, they share important similarities …-imperial collapse and entering a period of relative political stability and economic growth, as did Latin America a century and a half …

Africa and Latin America secured their independence from European colonial rule a century and half apart: most of Latin … America after 1820 and most of Africa after 1960. Despite the distance in time and space, they share important similarities …-imperial collapse and entering a period of relative political stability and economic growth, as did Latin America a century and a half …