Why were the Latin American revolutions so prone to the betrayal

Were Spanish settlers just more loyal to Spain?

>>1836926


It is the nature of all men predisposed to a revolutionary bent to be shortsighted and suffer from chronic disloyalty syndrome.

>>1837002
Why did the US only suffer one major betrayal?

>>1836926
Most revolutions already are though, this isn't exclusive to latin America

>>1836965
Settlers from european (normally spanish) origin were the main traitors. Indians were the more loyal to Spain (not counting actual spaniards working in the americas) since they knew they would be fucked if the american whites won. Which was 100% confirmed.

>>1836926
They were inspired by the French Revolution.

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>>1836926
Revolutions were made by the local elites, but soon there was conflict between city and rural elites. That boiled up in the end as "liberal" vs "conservative"

>>1836926
Anglos > iberians.

None of the former spanish colonies are well off today for a reason. While the civilised world was inventing democracy, modern science and other beneficial things, the spanish collapsed south american civilisation and went bankrupt despite discovering literal mountains of gold.