Bolivia
The conquerors had many problems in many of the conquered places but
none like in this part of the continent.
In Peru they managed to impose their conquest in Lima and its surroundings,
but not in places like Cuzco where Inca civilization was more powerful.
Territories where Quechua was
the language most spoken and
their customs had changed.
The Incas joined the
conquerors to dominate the
Aymara territories, a fact that
later recognized as a big mistake
seeing the consequences.
Once conquerors took over all
territories, they canceled all
religious practice with reference
to their own traditions; they
killed them for speaking their
own language: Aymara and
quetzal.
The problem was not that they
took silver or gold; it was the
destruction of their gods and
temples, their beliefs of the soul
which differentiates human
beings, their dignity. In this way
they canceled all their beliefs to
subjugate them to a new
evangelization and that is the
consequence of the problems
that still persist today.
When your soul is taken there
is no longer dignity and the
wound is so big that that even
after passing centuries it has
not be able to cure.
The Catholic religion adapted
indigenous religious festivals
with celebrations of Saints and
Virgin of its religion. It was a
way to become them into the
catholic religion.