It's truly messed up. Had a stray thought, but it makes the case.
Before 1492 South America was unknown.
Spanish come, Christians come, Europeans come.
Slavery and sicknesses decimate the native population.
(Who benefited?)
Revolutions and war.
"Remember the Maine!"
Now population worships European God, mixed with the African slaves, broke and perpetually indebted to those who enslaved them to begin with.