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Originally posted by Cletus Miller
What about Central and South America (excluding Brazil)? There doesn't seem to be any movement toward those countries combining, notwithstanding speaking the same language and having (broadly) similar ethnic origins. Or do all countries in the Americas fall (generally) into you "mutts exception"?
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That is a good point. I have often wondered why Spanish America has not united more, so I asked around and I think the probem is mainly racial bigotry. Argentinians are mostly of European Racial stock, so are the Costa Ricans. Mexicans are pretty mixed, but not as mixed as the countries on their Southern border. I think every Spanish speaking country in the Americas looks down their noses at every other Spanish speaking country that has people with more mixed Native American blood. At the bottom of the heap is Peru, where I believe the majority of the population does not speak English.
Simon Bolivar (and I think Martin) wanted a United States of Latin America but their dreams never came to pass. I think part of the problem is that until recently all these countries were controlled by dictators who would have all been happy to absorb their neighboring countries but were not going to give up their own.
