Talk:Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America

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Could be named something less verbose than Comparison and Contrast of liberalism and conservatism in Latin America? Perhaps Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America? Wmahan. 07:54, 2004 Apr 14 (UTC)

The article is pretty awful, in any case. But Liberalism and conservatism in Latin America would make mor esense. john 07:56, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] economic and social liberalism

This article does require some serious revision. It is important to highlight the difference between liberal in the social sense and liberal in the economic sense. While independence heroes such as Simon Bolivar were interested in transforming the social structure and creating a political system that recognized individual rights (social liberal), part of the push for independence came from large Hacienda owners who were interested in comercializing their products with trading partners such as England who would pay a higher rate that what the colonial authorities in Spain and Portugal would offer. In this regard, the interest for independence responded to a desire to remove trade barriers (economic liberal) without necessarily addressing changes in the social structure.