ocr: The white population, primarily the descendants of Spanish settlers, still OWnS most ofthe land. The mixed ace majority - - about 73% - controls much oft the republic's commerce, and forms the bulk of the professional middle classes. Blacks, the descendants of Africans, are mainly small-scale tarmers and often the victims oflatent racism, especially in business. Women in the black community work the farms;in the white and: mixe d-race communties wonlen are starting to appear in the professional sector.
