The export economy of Belize is becoming increasingly dependent on the US market. In addition, all sectors of growth or potential expansion, including the largest tract of privately owned land, are under the control of a small group of Texas-based business corporations. After briefly narrating...

The Dominican economy as it has evolved is unbalanced and fragile. Although impressive advances have been made in the last 20 years in industrialisation and economic diversification, the country remains heavily reliant on foreign, mainly US, companies, markets and suppliers. The most promising...