PSCI 2102 Lecture Notes - Media Blackout, Anti-Clericalism, Social Order
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Class 12 psci2102b april 1, 2014. When the spanish arrived, there were so few people that they could not enslave anyone to build the area; so they ended up bringing in africans to populate plantations. Venezuela is mainly composed of people who are part african. Despite slavery as major mode of production at the beginning of venezuela"s history, it is also a limited form of slavery; they are limited by the fact that slaves can escape to the southern parts of venezuela. Slave communities in the interior act as a check on what is happening in venezuela. Venezuela was the backwater of the empire; didn"t have rich mines of bolivia. Economy was based on using connection to the state to make your fortunes; begins with a revolt by simon bolivar (the great liberator: liberates all of latin america via a liberal revolution. Conservatives believe in nation, family, and work. This is the counter-slogan of life, liberty, freedom for the liberals.