Question

How did British and U.S. companies influence the development of Nationalism in Latin American countries?

Answer 1

The British and US companies in Latin America that were established after these countries gained independence were not doing a favor to the political interest of their countries, instead they made more of a problem. These companies were exploiting the natural resources of the Latin American countries, they were paying extremely low wages to the laborers, thus exploiting them too, and were getting the profit into their mother countries. This angered the general public in the Latin American countries, and as a result of that, they started to unite in order to defend their interests and countries, leading to the development of Nationalism in this part of the world.