Assuming several PODs are involved, will a United Spanish Latin American Nation be plausible?
Assuming several PODs are involved, will a United Spanish Latin American Nation be plausible?
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: There's a reason Bolívar said America was "ungovernable". Too many regional differences even within nations was what contributed to the civil wars of many Latin American countries in the 19th century. Urban vs rural was a particular difficulty, as the history of Venezuela and Argentina should point out. Sometimes countries would that broke away from a larger entity broke up themselves. Think of the poor Federal Republic of Central America!
If you want a shot at it, you'll probably need to change the nature of Spanish colonialism to the point where Latin America as we know it may be unrecognizable. It should be noted that the colonies were ambivalent about independence in the first place; some of the rebellions started as loyalist movements for the Bourbons as opposed to the Bonapartes, and many Mexicans wanted a Spanish prince to be their ruler.
Modern unity would be hard too. Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro liked to talk about Latin American brotherhood, but Colombia isn't too happy with the Chavista's support of FARC, for one example. Bolivia still remembers when Chile took its coastline in the War of the Pacific in the 1880s. Don't forget the Gran Chaco War of the 1930s, which was fought between Paraguay and Paraguay over potential oilfields. . .that turned out to have no oil!
(*Looks up aftermath* Wait, some of Paraguay's portion of the Chaco had oil discovered. . .in 2012? Talk about delayed gratification!)
My studies were mainly about South America, so maybe other posters could tell you about Central America and the Caribbean.
The closest South America ever got to being united was arguably under Pinochet's Operation Condor, a covert alliance of right-wing dictatorships. There's a recent thread about Condor in After 1900 if you're interested.
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Actually legally Hispanic America were never a colony but were Kingdoms, for the Hispanic Law therefore were ruled by Viceroys.
http://geoanalyzer.britannica.com/ebc/article-9042315
Would need to be resold in reality and the Hispanic monarchy decided to treat them as such and Carlos V (at death) divided his empire into three and sent to a Spanish prince to govern in America.
Don John of Austria, http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2011/05/royal-profile-don-juan-of-austria.html , maybe.
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Other possibilities: http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv.php?pid=bibliuned:20779&dsID=Documento.pdf
If the Conde de Aranda had achieved success and convince Carlos III (and that his family) to carry out his plan to create three Kingdoms in America for the Royals Infant Espanoles. The kingdoms would be united in a covenant family, thus avoiding the lost by conquest or revolution in Latin America. A variant of this plan might happen if Cadiz was taken by Napoleon or the Battle of Bailen had been a Spanish defeat. Would follow the example Portugues and evacuate Cortez of Cadiz
http://countrystudies.us/spain/14.htm
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* to America and from there continue to Ruling and fighting against Napoleon.
Last chances are achieved Bolivar stabilize the Great Colombia (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador) and managed to survive this and be an example to other nations.
Also not to be overthrown 'Emperor' Iturbide; Mexico could have been consolidated as a State including the captaincy general of Central America, creating a nation from Texas to Panama.
Finally not been betrayed and defeated by the oligarchy of Buenos Aires Gral. Artigas great Caudillo http://www.loslibertadores.net/film_detail.php?id=10&content=biografia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine#South_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiguism
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKCPE_Jos_Gervasio_Artigas_Arnal_Wassenaar_NL
He was the Creator and ideologist of federalism in the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, parts of Brazil), could have arisen Chile achieved a Nation join (Chile was liberated by the armies of the
Rio de la Plata , as Peru). This is an example of how hard it was the union of Spanish America (and was before the rise of nationalism) ... are required or very old pods, pods find very unlikely or multiple chain, more or less contemporary thousands of Kms from each other ( the physical distance); during the formation of new nations, only to form three great nations (The United Provinces of La Plata, Great Colombia and The Mexican Empire).