I can understand why Brazil was it's own country because it being a Portuguese colony and not a Spanish one. But why didn't the Spanish countries of South America join together more? I know they have their differences now but hey couldn't have had many differences when they were gaining independence. Spanish Speaking: Argentina Bolivar Chile Columbia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Portuguese: Brazil Why didn't Gran Columbia work? and why are there so many spanish speaking countries in south america group together more?
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Have you ever had a look at a recent map of Europe. We were always divided in many different countries but lately it has almost become impossible to keep up. South America is a big continent and unlike the U.S.it has always been divided through differences in the population. It was easier for a newly settled country like the U.S. to make a Confederation, the indigenous inhabitants were a small minority in comparison to the settlers,who might have been of different origin but had the same final goal.
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language alone can NOT be a reason two countries should have been one. What about the US and Canada then??
