What was the purpose of the benevolent association

Benevolent associations are nonprofit organizations that have been created primarily to protect and aid their members and their dependents. They are associations of individuals or bodies corporate, formed and organized, not with a view to the accumulation of wealth and the making of profit.

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it is the dominance of   the spanish language and roman catholic region in mexico, french being the official language of several african countries, and the existence of a western-style government in south asian countries