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On September 6th, 2017 Hurricane Irma touched down on the island of Barbuda. Over 90% of the island’s buildings were damaged and the 1800 residents who call the island home had to be evacuated to Antigua. By February of 2019, with rebuilding efforts ongoing, still only 75% of the island’s residents had returned. In the time that has passed since, some residents of the island have begun to accuse outside organizations, celebrities, and philanthropists of “land grabs.”
In 2007, the creation of the “Barbuda Land Act of 2007” established that the residents of the island needed to provide consent for any major development to take place. A big change occurred to the act in 2016, however, one year before Hurricane Irma changed everything. In the 2016 amendment to the act, the definition of a “major development” wa
Barbudans fight for survival as resort project threatens islanders way of life
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