The famous Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío lived in Chile for 3 years. Here he gives an interesting description of the society of Santiago de Chile at the end of the 19th century, which applies to a good part of the rest of Latin America at that time, despite the liberal tendencies:

Finally, this thread is free of typos.

By society I mean the upper classes.

Sorry for the underlined words, they can't be removed.