However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... There are many reasons why the "Boom" literature occurred when it did. ... Most importantly, with the emergence of the "Boom" writers of the 60s to the early 80s, three common conflicts developed in Latin American literature: good vs. evil, nature vs. urban progress, and civilization vs. barbarism. ... One of the common conflicts that emerged from the "Boom" literature was the age-old battle between good vs. evil. ... Latin Americans perceived the American investors as capitalist...

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With the decline of the Amerindian population, labor from Africa formed the basis of the exploitation of the gold and agricultural resources of the export sectors of the Americas, with sugar plantations absorbing well over two thirds of slaves carried across the Atlantic by the major European and Euro-American powers. ... The short answer to the first of these two questions is that European expansion to the Americas was to mainly tropical and semi-tropical areas. ... African capacity to resist Europeans ensured that sugar plantations were established in the Americas rather than in Africa. ......

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