Latin America National States 
Federalists vs. Centralists
WHAT DID WE HAVE?
INDEPENDENT
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Strong struggles between federalists and centralists marked the beginning of
independent life in Argentina and continued during the nineteenth century
Many dead
Economic crisis
Agricultural and commercial chaos
Debts
Regional rivalries
Civil wars
WHAT DID WE NEED?
Name
Constitution
National market
Communication: means & roads
Currency
Defined borders
BRAZIL
Pedro II has been crowned emperor at the age of fourteen. He ruled for 58 years (1831-1889), which gave Brazil great stability and allowed it to extend its borders inward and develop with exports of sugar, coffee and livestock, and early industrialization.
COLOMBIA
The Conservatives won, so their 1886 constitution abolished federalism, empowered the central government, and recognized the Catholic as a state religion. This conservative dominance in Colombia, known as La "regeneración"
ARGENTINA Strong struggles between federalists and centralists marked the beginning of independent life in Argentina and continued throughout the 19th century.
VENEZUELA
Under the pretext of defending Bolívar, the separation from Gran Colombia was proclaimed in November 1829. In May 1830, the Constituent Assembly El Congreso was installed in Valencia.
MEXICO
After the brief empire of Iturbide, in 1824 the Constitution that created the Federal Republic of the United Mexican States was promulgated.
PERU
A war against Spain and defeat in the War of the Pacific against Chile it left the country in a bad economic situation.