Edit: yes.
Keep in mind that Latin Americans are not “Spanish”. They think of and take pride
in themselves as Mexicans, Guatemalans, Panamanians, etc.
I attribute PART of the answer to a culturally ingrained acceptance of a “King/God”.
And therefore a lesser acceptance/understanding of “democracy”.
I think this applies elsewhere, to other societies, too.
Take the break up of the USSR.
I think commoner (prole) Russians are so ingrained to a “central authority” telling them what to do, that when they got “liberated” in the early 1990s, the “Proles” had no idea how actually implement “democracy” and then maintain it.
IMO, lasting, functional democracy (and building a nation that is a functional democracy!) is easier said than done.
ralph
In Mexico, Emiliano Zapata led the indigenous in a “common man” revolt (the Zapatistas). It was a good try, and somewhat successful??? But, over time, the wealth divide has reasserted itself.