What is the primary means cartels use to control the price of the goods they produce

It is commonly understood in economics that competition lowers prices by having companies fight each other for the consumers earned dollars.

A cartel is, then, an organization that exists for the purpose of controlling the supply and production of an item in order to fix the price.

By eliminating competition, a cartel is able to dictate to the market what they believe is an acceptable or desirable price.

countries such as spain, france and portugal colonized the region. although most of latin america was colonized by spain, the countries of portugal and france also had major influences on the region. due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.

the answer is:

c. economic output