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recovered by Fernando Vll. On the other hand, the autonomists wanted a Latin American government without cutting ties with Spain. On the contrary,the independentists (Creoles, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and Afro-descendants) approved the emancipation and creation of their own government.

One of the reasons why they wished for independence was that their interests were affected since the beginning of the 18th century, when the Crown implemented the Bourbon Reforms that benefited Spaniards at the expense of American natives. Even though some of these reasons were shared across different viceroyalties, each independence process had unique characteristics,as well as important dates, historical figures, internal motivations, and specific regional struggles.

These movements fractured the Spanish Empire and gave birth to different nations, such as Peru,Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela.

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