Centuries of intolerance, of absolute truths, of despotic governments weigh us down-and it wont be easy to shake that burden off. The tradition of absolute power that began with our pre-Columbian empires, and the tradition that might makes right that the Spanish and Portuguese explorers practiced, were perpetuated in the nineteenth century after our independence, by our caudillos and our oligarchies, often with the blessing or direct intervention of foreign powers.-Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer Which of the following statements best summarizes Vargas Llosas main point in the passage quoted above?

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“Centuries of intolerance, of absolute truths, of despotic governments weigh us down-and it won’t be easy to shake that burden off. The tradition of absolute power that began with our pre-Columbian empires, and the tradition that might makes right that the Spanish and Portuguese explorers practiced, were perpetuated in the nineteenth century after our independence, by our caudillos and our oligarchies, often with the blessing or direct intervention of foreign powers."-Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer Which of the following statements best summarizes Vargas Llosa’s main point in the passage quoted above?

A	Latin America must free itself from foreign influence in order to develop.
B	Democracy cannot take root in Latin America.
C	The history of Latin America has made democracy very fragile.
D	European explorers destroyed the democratic tradition in Latin America.

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