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It worked in the reverse direction. Mexico City was the capital of New Spain and thus Cuba for a long time. Cuba to Yucatan is the same distance as US to Cuba. Meanwhile Madrid ruled a large portion of the America's from a greater distance.

London, on a small island, ruled a vast and much more distant land empire for centuries.

My entire view was that with Cortes gone the "takeover" of Mexico might have taken much longer and left more of the Aztec people and culture (writings, etc) intact. That did seem to me to be the basis of the entire theme of the thread.

I also wonder what an Havana centric central government would have done for the social, economic and cultural development of the combined countries and cultures. Again my understanding of the theme of the thread.

Sorry to have misread the central theme of the "alternative scenario".