The American Of The Caribbean

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Throughout the expanse of the whole entire planet, a select few places are able to compete with the sheer natural beauty of the tropical islands that litter the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. From Puerto Rico to Jamaica, this exotic paradise south of the United States, that has been bloodied by battle, has since become a vacation hotspot open to tourists from across the globe. Meanwhile, many American Corporations have been actively depleting many of the natural resources found in these areas which has created a vast dependence in these monopolies’ productivity. The presence these of foreign entities in the Caribbean has resulted in a staggering amount of poverty from the native people’s inability to capitalize on the abundance of resources that surrounds them, which lead to many brilliant authors such as, David Foster Wallace, Joan Didion, and Nathan Jessen, to suggest that the United States has too much influence in the area. Nonetheless, many people fail to realize that the Caribbean Islands have been under the indirect influence of the United States for quite some time. The empire that the United States established in the Nineteenth Century in these surrounding island territories will continue to exist for the duration of their existence.
The first exercise of American imperial power in the region comes after the Spanish defeat in the Spanish-American War at the end of the Nineteenth Century. The outcome of this war left a vacuum of power that needed to be occupied and several economic markets open for domination for American enterprise. Numerous American corporations capitalized on the cultivation of crops such as sugar, tobacco, cotton, and coffee. All of which flourished with the aid of the tropical climate. Aft...

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...ng to make money because of the sheer scarcity of it. This also depicts the feeling of power that accompanies having American money within a foreign country. The way the other tourists describe the people of Cozumel is completely dehumanizing and insensitive, which negatively portrays as prodigal and pretentious imperialists.
The United States of America, much to people’s surprise, is still an active imperial power to this day. Aside from the more recent excursions to the Middle East, the U.S. has been actively generating income from the various resources found in the Caribbean Island regions since the late Nineteenth Century. Whether its through the growing of cash crops, the target of illegal arms trafficking, or used as a tropical playground for the wealthy, The Caribbean Islands will continue to be subjected to the powerful influence of the United States economy.

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