Answer:
Latin America's former isolation kept it from engaging more openly in the global free market.
Explanation:
- The policies of isolation that the Latin American countries followed both intentionally or unknowingly affected their participation in global trade.
- This, in turn, affected their economies adversely and made great shifts towards poverty.
- Their failure in trading with players outside the domestic boundaries made them stay aloof from the knowledge of international trade and its nuances for a long time.