a decade of light and shadow latin america the caribbean in 1990s 293 chapter viii economic social performance during countries continued to make progress with major reforms they had introduced 1980s broadly speaking these were designed open up their economies order take advantage opportunities offered respond challenges posed by increasing liberalization world economy addition an intensified effort was made consolidate community caricom single market area now includes suriname haiti its trade relations extend dominican republic other american most notably venezuela colombia there also macroeconomic aimed at correcting internal external imbalances inherited from previous decades period saw resumption growth trinidad tobago guyana whose contracted such members organization eastern states oecs without interruption although slower pace structure lack diversification however mean that
