POLITICAL ORIENTATION

POLITICAL AUTHORITY OF THE CREOLE ELITES IN THEIR OWN

TERRITORIES

POLITICAL IDEAS
LIBERALS
LEGACY OF ENLIGHTENMENT
LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC VALUES – LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND
FRATERNITY

SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS TO PROPERTY

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THOUGHT, ASSOCIATION AND RELIGION

AGAINST TYRANNY
SEPARATION OF POWERS – BALANCE OF EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATURE
AND JUDICIARY

MODERNITY – IDEAS ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC PROGRESS

SCIENTIFIC POSITIVISM
RECONCILE LIBERALISM WITH OLIGARCHIC RULE

OLIGARCHY

CONSERVATIVES

MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO – TRADITIONAL SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL

REASONS
WITHOUT SPANISH RULE

CHURCH INFLUENCE –
PRIVILEGES OF THE CLERGY, ECONOMIC INTERESTS

WEALTH AND SOCIAL POSITION

AUTHORITY OVER THE LOWER CLASSES
CREOLE INTERESTS

CAUDILLOS
LEGACY OF INDEPENDENCE WARS
LEGACY TO DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARISM – CHARACTERIZED
SPANISH AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE

STATE IS WEAK TO PROVIDE SECURITY OF INDIVIDUALS

FIGURE – PERCEIVED AS CHARISMATIC LEADER

COMBINATION OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL SKILLS
TIES OF BLOOD – RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLIENTS

ABLE TO BUILD A NETWORK OF CLIENTS AS A BASE OF SUPPORT

PATRON – CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

MUTUAL DEPENDENCE

PRODUCT OF RURAL AREAS

ESTANCIA – HACIENDA