Americas Quotes
South America, invaded and colonized by Spain was a brutal combination of slavery and repression. Even the European colonists suffered under the terrible combination of exploitation, militarism and religious dictatorship. Independence from Spain was equally bloody as unlike in North America where the fight was against British rule, in South America the black slaves, the indigenous Indians and the white colonists all had scores to settle with the Spanish rulers. And the Spanish in turn realized that and brutally repressed all rebellion attempts. Atrocities were common, and committed by almost all, including even idealists like Bolivar.
The Lautoro Lodge had as members most of the Anti Spanish revolutionaries of the Country. Some governments have feared Masonic Lodges and in some cases they have been “hotbeds” of revolution; in other cases, they have been the institution most supportive of the conservative aristocratic forces of the society.
