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Salvadoran economy depended heavily on agriculture. ... A small group of coffee planters gained economic and political power, leading El Salvador to depend on international coffee markets. Coffee brought El Salvador enough wealth to build impressive new ports, railways, and paved highways, and to modernize San Salvador.
The economy is predominantly agricultural, although there was rapid industrial expansion in the 1960s and 70s. ...
El Salvador is a struggling Central American economy which has been suffering from a weak tax collection system, factory closings, the aftermaths of Hurricane Mitch of 1998 and the devastating earthquakes of early 2001, and weak world coffee prices.
Approximate Word count = 458 Approximate Pages = 1.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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