> You think LATAM is in poverty because of their worker protections? Not the decades of western exploitation of their natural resources? Not the decades of Amer

> You think LATAM is in poverty because of their worker protections? Not the decades of western exploitation of their natural resources? Not the decades of American interference in their political systems to destabilize their government? Sure. No, countries regularly go from poverty to wealth quickly. It's purely cultural which is upstream from policy.