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most of Latin America's countries still depend on what to supply a major portion of their incomes?

sell to other countries

name some crops exported by latin america

bananas, sugarcane, coffee

rural farmers and workers

highly mechanized commercial operations that yeild high returns for low investment in labor

small plots of land intensively famred by campesinos to feed their families

What happens as latifundia become more mechanized?

farmworkers are leaving the land for the cities

crops produced in large quantities to be sold or traded

Fertile highlands help make what countries the world's leading coffee producers?

Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia

tropical coastal areas make what area/countries major producers of bananas?

Central America as well as Jamaica, Honduras, Ecuador, and Brazil

Tropical climates and fertile soil also help make what the world's leading sugar cane producers?

Brazil and Cuba

Which Latin American countries raise cattle?

Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil

Why do countries run great risks when they depend on just one or two export products?

because if floods, droughts, or volcanic eruptions destroy a country's cash crop, the damage to the country's economy causes great hardship

What devastated parts of Central America and destroyed about 90% of the banana crop in Honduras?

Hurricane Mitch

developing countries

countries that are working toward greater manufacturing and technology use