Venezuela is also known as a Extractive economy because they have “transportation which is dominated with the sale for things like cacao or coffee finca, and then oil site to port” (Course Themes). Also another important country that we are reading about is about Cuba which is also an extractive economy according to our course theme notes “Cuba was led from plantation to ports” (Course Themes). Cuba like other southern American country had imperial powers mixed into their economy and political world. Something Richard Gott says that backs up my claim which is “The imperial powers involved with Cuba’s affairs over centuries invariably followed up their initial seizure and settlement with a preoccupation about the island’s defences – although results were often slow in coming” (197
Venezuela is also known as a Extractive economy because they have “transportation which is dominated with the sale for things like cacao or coffee finca, and then oil site to port” (Course Themes). Also another important country that we are reading about is about Cuba which is also an extractive economy according to our course theme notes “Cuba was led from plantation to ports” (Course Themes). Cuba like other southern American country had imperial powers mixed into their economy and political world. Something Richard Gott says that backs up my claim which is “The imperial powers involved with Cuba’s affairs over centuries invariably followed up their initial seizure and settlement with a preoccupation about the island’s defences – although results were often slow in coming” (197