Latin America: The Region without Catalonia

Latin America: The Region without Catalonia

Latin America

Separatism

Secession

Catalonia

The South is My Country

O Sul é o Meu País

The aim of this article is to analyse the issue of “weak separatism” in Latin America as well as to give an answer to the question why there are no significant separatist movements in this region. The authors provide the definitions of separatism and secessionism as well as an explanation of these phenomena. Moreover, they present an overview of historical and contemporary separatist movements in Latin America. Based on Horowitz’s theory of ethnic separatism, the authors attempt to analyse the separatist movement “The South is My Country” in Brazil and compare it with separatism in Catalonia in Spain, where a referendum on independence from Spain was held in 2017, serving as an impetus for a similar referendum that took place in the South of Brazil. In spite of similar goals of these two separatist movements, the authors argue that there are significant differences in their nature, which are determined by the history and culture of the respective countries.

Rudowski, Tomasz

Sieniawski, Piotr

International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020): Politics, Society and Culture in Latin America; 111-128

International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Tom 25 Nr 1 (2020): Politics, Society and Culture in Latin America; 111-128

2300-8695

1641-4233

Lodz University Press

2020-06-30

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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