And the US simply took over, in the 20th century, wherever the Spanish left off.

… for land and gold. In the South, Spain’s unbridled rapacity ended up crippling its colonies there, ultimately leading to the stereotype of South America as a continent of poverty, corruption, drug lords and dictators. All of this flowed directly from the conquistadors of the sixteenth century.
Embedded Suffering: The Long Arc of American Exploitation from Columbus to Bezos
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And the US simply took over, in the 20th century, wherever the Spanish left off. There is no time period after the 16th century during which the South wasn't exploited by some Western nation.
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