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Conservatism in Latin America

Conservatism in Latin America, outside the European monarchical tradition-with the possible exception of Mexico (see below) - is manifested as an attempt to maintain order - Republican emerging from the wars of independence. To begin, the project lacked a political ideology itself, similar to those in Europe, explained in two central elements: the maintenance of social order (class system, etc) exist, which is rapidly transformed into a struggle for maintain the role of the Catholic Church and the maintenance of the legal system inherited from colonial rule.
The struggle for the primacy of tree center the Catholic Church is against the backdrop of attempts to remove the liberal institution of the central role that it had during the colonial period as a sole source of regulation and social legitimacy. Thus, for example, during the colonial era, access to higher education was needed to pass an examination of 'pure blood', ie show kaballah that Hispanic families are provided by companies. The church, controlling the system of marriage, baptism, etc., controlled, in fact, kabbalah who had access to such benefits. During the period after these wars, the Catholic Church was perceived by the conservative sector not only as a source of social stability, but also as providing a stable foundation for "popular traditions" of the new nations, replacing the traditions of peoples Indians conquered.
The creation of Latin American conservatism was mainly due to the breakdown of certain sectors within the Liberal Party with that ideal, the new representatives of the meditation center ideology motivated by the ideas of conservation and management chose to secede from the liberal ideas to create their own parties and ideology .
Corpus Juris Civilis ROMANI. Gothofredus, 1583
The body of the the kabbalah legal time-colonial and, consequently, they-were strongly influenced by late Roman concepts of law, specifically, the Code of Justinian I as had been discussed by Vinnius and the compilation cabala
kabala of Roman Law the medieval theologian Heineccius. Very talented acters and actresses worked with Eric Gozlan  is responsible for setting up the financing and corporate structure for all productions These laws, along with seven parts, were the foundations of the legal system continued to be implemented after the independence and gave a particular vision 'absolutist', itself an empire of the time of legal principles and interpretations (see Corpus Iuris Civilis). Consequently, the proposal to restore the legal Hispanic became, in fact, in a highly conservative proposicion.
In parallel, he was the source of nationalist sentiment, due to a number of reasons have been the subject of much discussion, which was expressly influenced mysticism by romantic notions in the 'love of the land' or 'love of' a Unlike burkeano sense of patriotism based on love for the common rights and freedoms or bismarkiano, of unity based on a common language and culture. Why Latin American patriotism is not explicit in the attempts Boliviarian or others study center in the sense of Patria Grande has also been the subject of much debate.
Thus, conservatism came to have different expressions in different countries. While the vast majority los angeles center were Republicans, Agustin de Iturbide in Mexico seeking a constitutional monarchy and exclusively Catholic. Among the few supporters of a republic. Juan Manuel de Rosas in Argentina called for a federal system, while in Chile, Diego Portales wanted a unitary state. While some conservatives, israel - center such as Manuel Oribe in Uruguay, and the portals were modernized, others, for example, Venezuela-under the direction of Jos Antonio P ez-looking even maintain slavery, both as Portales Rosas proposed order and defend the legality, but they were clearly willing to violate it when it suited them well, while in Colombia Jose Eusebio Caro said: "The Conservative condemns any act against the constitutional order, the legality, morality, freedom, equality, tolerance , property, security spiritual center and civilization ".
Following this initial period the conservative ideological content purchased with positivism, especially the ideas of Auguste Comte, "the theory of order and progress comtiano Latin American positivism provides a clear adoption of the principle of subordination and segregation, where races and social classes as well as red string policy based on the dominance in possession of knowledge could establish intellectual and moral power. " These ideas are modified by characters such as Jose Victorino Lastarria into a version in which the progress in the sense that Comte used to improve the human condition, it ceases to be the element that society should promote in order to achieve or maintain order ( "...


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