The cultivation of new crops of the Americas, such as cocoa in Venezuela and tobacco in Cuba, contributed to the population exodus from towns such as Buenavista del Norte, Vilaflor or El Sauzal in the late 17th century.
Po stoletju in pol relativne rasti, ki je bila osnovana na vinogradništvu, je prišlo do obsežnega izseljevanja družin, še posebej v Venezuelo in na Kubo.