After doing some studying this weekend for the test, I feel I understand even more than before, how difficult life has been for Latin Americans. One of the patterns I feel emerged is almost tragic in nature. It seems every time Latin America has a chance of rising and becoming powerful with a good balance of logic and emotion, something comes along to corrupt it. Whether it be corrupt rulers, like Facundo, or even people with good intentions. While Bolivar was/is in fact considered an inspiring man, he did have large hand in splitting the Latin America up. That's not to say it wasn't a necessary action, however, it did have in addition to having a positive effect also a negative one. Latin America is still going through hard times. For most of my life, granted not too long, but for at least the past 2 decades , Sao Paolo, Chile, and other places in Latin America are not even considered safe to visit. Again the tragic quality in this is that Latin America is geographically so far from a wasteland or a place not worth visiting. It's considered one of the most naturally beautiful places in the world and not so long ago a place to be with many intellectual and poetic people. It's interesting and sad to try and trace back the troubles of Latin America and I wonder how long it will continue to be in trouble.