“Changes in relationships can be hard to take. The economic bond between Latin America and Spain, its biggest former colonial power, is shifting as the region’s economies mature. Despite some ruffled feathers, the evolution is positive. After two decades in which Spain amassed assets worth €145 billion ($200 billion) in Latin America, last year was the first in which Latin American companies spent more on acquiring their Spanish counterparts than the other way around.”
I am hesitant to use the term post-colonial since there are theoretical constructs that use that term to embody cultural hegemonic power structures. I’m simply using it to mean “after colonialism” because the power paradigm is shifting to the former colonies.
Tags: Latin America, South America. economic, development, Spain, historical, colonialism.
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February 10, 2014 at 12:47 pm
Am a huge fan of yours, Seth. Came to this post to get the URL for a tweet, but saw the cartoon and think it’s odd, at best, especially for the solid economic content of the post. Am I missing something?
February 11, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Hi Jeff, I did think that this cartoon was odd, but the Economist (published in London) had this cartoon as a part of the article. I don’t think that we’d see this cartoon if it were published in the U.S.
February 11, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Thanks, Seth. Maybe this means they are more given to easy stereotypes than respected publications here?
February 12, 2014 at 10:26 am
Possibly, but I’m also wondering about a different possibility. This article is about flipping the stereotypical roles of colonial powers…it’s possible that they are using old stereotypes destabilize that narrative (at least that’s my hope).