Unsustainable and unregulated growth [has been] exacerbated by colonial impacts
The Caribbean, with a rich and diverse history shaped by its Indigenous inhabitants, European colonisation, and strategic geographic location, is known by many in the developed world as simply a vacation spot. With white beaches and blue waters, this is where the privileged come to relax and unwind, usually tourism-projects-the-barbuda-warbler-isnt-the-only-one-that-might-lose-its-home/”>without any care for the local population and its culture, but there is much more to the people and its environment than sprawling all-inclusive hotels.
This sentiment was evident when Aruban locals took to the streets of the capital, Oranjestad, and interrupted the protocol for King’s Day, a day when the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrates the King’s birthday. The protest was about the current environmental crisis that Aruba, like…
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