How Did The Center Decline In Latin America

Throughout the past few centuries, Latin America created and maintained a split between the center and the fringe of their society which at some points negatively affected them and their potential growth. This split focused on the rural and urban aspects of their countries, cities, and states and how they interact with each other throughout the 18th century and beyond. During the colonial period, the fringe or rural areas were more important than the center or urban areas, as the fringe produced many of the necessities that the center needed and had a higher population of working class individuals. Once they gained Independence, however, there was a shift to industrialization where the center became more significant. Jobs creation occurred and there was a movement of people who had resided in the fringe to the center because newer and better technology took their jobs in their rural communities. During colonial times, the difference between urban and rural was extremely dramatic due to the lack of disbursement of wealth throughout Latin America. People described the capitals as “labyrinths
“Revolts and independence movements…spread across the continent between 1808 and 1830. The high point of these movements was 1821, when the original core colonies of New Spain and Peru declared independence from Spain” (page 157). With independence came political parties- liberal and conservative dominated over all else. Liberals were typically educated merchants who wanted a modest federal government, expanded suffrage, a weak church, and free trade. Conservatives on the other hand were usually elites who owned land and favored a decentralized state that favored the center, limited suffrage, a strong church, and colonial trade barriers and monopolies (page 180). These parties show that the battle of power between the center and fringe continued even after