From there, the Spanish developed sugar plantations in Jamaica and Puerto Rico. But sugar plantations really took off in Brazil under the Portuguese and Dutch, the cane initially being transplanted from Madeira in the 1540s. Two decades later, Brazil was producing 2,500 tons of sugar a year. The rise of the Brazilian sugar industry in the 16th century confirmed the importance of the plantation.
LASA was founded in 1966 following a meeting sponsored by the Joint Committee on Latin American Studies (composed of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), held at the Hispanic Foundation (now the Hispanic Division) of the Library of Congress, May 7, 1966.
Yara Trinidad Ltd manages and operates a three-plant ammonia production facility and a deepwater port located at Savonetta in central Trinidad. Two plants are owned by Trinidad Nitrogen Co Ltd (Tringen), a strong and successful joint venture partnership between Yara and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The third plant is owned by Yara International which also manages and operates the site. Nearly all of the siteâs annual production of 1.3 million metric tons (99 percent) is exported.