Brazil was different than most Latin American nations in the 19th century for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
(A) it was a monarchy until 1889.
(B) Africans, mestizos, and mulattos outnumbered people of European descent.
(C) Brazil remained a centralist state with few local autonomous institutions.
(D) slavery was only abolished in 1888.
(E) Brazil experienced high immigration from Europe after 1850.
Answer: C