Something tells me that Monarchy and Feudalism would have been better for Latin America than representative democracy. If property rights aren’t enforced by the central/subdivision governments, what use is a system? Catholic fiefs would have provided better protection of property than the current governments.
As I see it, the country is primarily Christian, it is industrialized, and a decent tourist destination, outside of the recent issues with ISIS. It could definitely be worse.
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