Jamaica: "Jammin," Life In Jamaica

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started building up his country from their most valuable and
most wasted resource: bauxite. The Jamaicans were basically getting
scammed by the mining companies. Manley started to raise funds by raising
the tax on Bauxite to 10 times its former amount, with the huge amounts of
money he gained, he put to use building schools, hospitals, and put an end
to the kid gangs that once owned the streets. most of all, he tried to
help the poor by improving the quality of life and trying to fix up the
slums. In the end, he helped them a little bit, but ultimately failed. He
used all the government funds doing things he thought would help the poor,
which varied greatly from what the poor knew would help them. But by doing
this, Manley became a hero of sorts and became known throughout the
Caribbean as a powerful leader. He became good friends with Fidel Castro,
Cuba's communist Dictator. By doing this he aroused U.S. suspicions of
Jamaica becoming Communist. All U.S. aide was cut ...

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auto mobiles, services, agriculture and the
manufacturing of luxury items (CIA) Due the variety of industry, Jamaica
has avoided another economic crash.
The biggest setback that the Jamaicans have suffered was caused by
Hurricane Gilbert in 1986. It caused a slight economic setback, destroyed
all electric power, and severely damaged crops. But luckily they had
completely recovered by 1989 (CIA).
There are many huge problems with business in Jamaica the offset
the huge amount of cheap labor. It takes a long time to get any kind of
permits, the long hurricane season destroys thousands of dollars of
property each year, the loosely run government has a large problem dealing
with ...

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