Describe three problems that have been encountered in establishing stable governments in Latin America. Why have many Latin American states faced government takeovers, coups, and revolutions?

the first decades of the nineteenth century, the Latin American

colonies pursued an irresistible movement for independence (see ch. 23). By

1825, Spanish and Portuguese power was broken in the Western Hemisphere, and

nine new political units emerged in Latin America. Mexico, Guatemala, Great

Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile were free of Spain,

and Brazil had gained its independence from Portugal. Once free of those

powers, however, the new nations of Latin America were hampered by European

and North American dominance over their economic and political affairs.