Better farming technology, techniques, and genetically modified crops!
Difficulties slaves had were they couldn’t live on their own without worrying about some one telling them to do this and that
During the last two decades of the 20th century, Latin America experienced economic crisis. But, was able to learn from it and made investments through loans and applied neoliberal strategies. They went back to a democracy which they believed was better than dictatorship.
With no democratic experience and severe economic problems many Europeans saw dictatorship as the only way to prevent instability.