Newly independent nations in Latin America relied on goods and services from the US and Europe because

Newly independent Latin American countries generally had economies focused on agriculture and the export of raw materials, rather than producing a wide range of manufactured goods and services. As a result, they relied on the United States and Europe for many finished products and specialized services. This makes “Latin American economies still were based on agriculture” the best answer; trade was not all controlled by those regions.

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