well we started with states that legitimately had a very long history as separate colonies before independence
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Venezuela was the odd one out for many decades in South America for being far more democratic than the rest.
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There were and still are serious social problems but it was easy to ignore thanks to the austanding oil revenues.
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yeah, bad governments can be propped up by natural resources, like Chile's copper mines
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then in the 80's oil prices fell and it became obvious the two political parties that ruled had become self-serving.
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