A Brief Economic History of Latin America

The ¨rules¨ of international trade were written long ago, and although there are valuable lessons to be learned from the way that the Greeks and Romans established trade routes that took them halfway around the world, our modern concept of international commerce really began at the end middle ages. As shipbuilding and navigational technology improved it was only a question of time as to when the new European states would start to venture forth unto the world in search of riches. With the dawn of the ¨Age of Exploration¨ set in motion by Cristobal Colón's (aka Cristop…