Reduces their power--elites in Latin America control economic and political aspects of society. Reforms would provide more groups with rights, reducing the influence of the elite.
In any country, elites often control the means of production and the political system. Reforms, especially coming from lower classes or oppressed groups, would potentially reduce the power and influence the elite group has. This has been true through many revolutionary movements.
He new Emperor Thedosius needed gold and silver to raise another army. The pagan temples had a lot of gold and silver. So he declared the Edict of Thessalonika in 380 A.D. which made Nicaean Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire in both West and East. Jews were exempted.
It decreased due to the fact that many jobs were opening in the urban areas so people left their farms and houses in rural areas to get a job in a bigger city.
Stalin's goal was to:
Establish puppet regimes in eastern Europe and they would provide the Soviet Union with resources and markets for their goods.