Guadeloupe lies at the southern end of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean and includes the north of St. Martin island and St. Barthélémy island near Anguilla. The movement for independence from France has been pronounced and intermittently violent since the 1960s. The economy is largely based on agriculture and tourism, with sugar, rum, and bananas the main exports, but the islands are dependent on French and EU regional aid. The vulnerability of the banana industry to hurricanes and global trade pacts has prompted efforts to expand sugar production and develop tourism.