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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
The reason much of Latin America is Catholic is in large part due to the brutal actions of the Spaniards. They tortured, beat, and burned tribal leaders alive. They destroyed a lot of their religious iconography, temples, texts, and artifacts. They took kids away from their tribe to indoctrinate them into Catholicism. And pretty much anyone else was closely monitored (i.e. intimidated) to ensure they strictly followed their teachings.