arturocan
arturocan t1_j9ww3sg wrote
Reply to comment by domestic_omnom in [OC] Latin America is the 3rd most democratic region in the world, ahead of Asia and Africa. Here’s where its countries stand: by latinometrics
For starters because Uruguay isn't its neighbours. Due small population everyone knows each other and you can't hide your dirty laundry effectively. Then the neighbours are swimming in rich resources with lots of possibilities to profit for being corrupt. So as result of being less resourcefull, less corrupt, and having more humble begginings with lots of struggle Uruguay developed its own identity and political culture making it a polar opposite on certaint aspects of his "brother" argentina, ending looking something like twins separated at birth.
This is skipping a lot of info but is an understandable summary.
arturocan t1_j9ya7il wrote
Reply to comment by StarryEyedBeardog in [OC] Latin America is the 3rd most democratic region in the world, ahead of Asia and Africa. Here’s where its countries stand: by latinometrics
Uruguay was a brazilian province for the last like 11 years before independence... you might be giving a bit to much credit to that argument