>>23857675> is that the turn toward the united states is new, not old or traditional. the united states was a pariah for both left and right latin americans for a long time until unironically the CIA and Mossad's evangelization (de-catholicisation) process, which permanently nerfed the right wing since its lost its catholic nationalist characterCompletely wrong.
The intellectuals at the forefront of the independence movement from Spain deeply admired the American revolution and viewed it as an example to follow.
Manuel Belgrano, one of the leading men of Argentine independence, a politician, general and credited as the man who designed our flag, translated George Washington's farewell speech to Spanish and distributed it in pamphlets all over Buenos Aires. Said pamphlets contained a prologue written by Belgrano himself in which he showered Washington with praise, ending by saying something along the lines of "this man's boundless wisdom will echo through the ages and our children and our children's children will learn from him how to be free men and good citizens of a republic".
Anti-American sentiment only sprung up in the 20th century with the rise of communist parties and also fascist movements who were pissed about America winning WW2.
