Barbuda: new land grab accusations

Once an unspoilt Caribbean paradise, last September, Hurricane Irma turned the island of Barbuda into a scene of devastation. But months later, many residents continue to accuse the government of a land grab, by amending laws which have kept the island under common ownership since slavery ended in the 1830s. Barbudan campaigners have brought legal action against the government of Antigua and Barbuda, two islands which form a twin state. Among the developers who could potentially benefit from the changes is the Hollywood actor Robert de Niro. His attempts to build a luxury resort and gain access to land on the island are fiercely opposed by campaigners.
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  • @vickymc9695
    @vickymc96956 жыл бұрын

    It all seams very dodgy. Surely the government has enough money to start repairs, if they have enough money to jet around the world.

  • @josifpeters4021
    @josifpeters40216 жыл бұрын

    My hope is that the people don't let the ninkcomepoop gaston browne and his band of merry men stole Beautiful Barbuda away from them, Barbudans never give up the fight for your home lands too the thives who want to plunder your lands.

  • @mamaninti450
    @mamaninti4504 жыл бұрын

    Now we see why HAARP was used here

  • @theobserver4685
    @theobserver46856 жыл бұрын

    More like Robert Bend his arrow strike gold among the vulnerable.

  • @italis2542
    @italis25424 жыл бұрын

    4 Elliot Road Leicester was my humble home 2 minutes walk away from the school. In the late 1960's.

  • @PichaDisMedia
    @PichaDisMedia4 жыл бұрын

    i'm telling you there's gotta be a weather machine out there creating these storms...the martians told me

  • @mrmike3759
    @mrmike37596 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone tell me the name of the music at the start please.

  • @krystingrant6292
    @krystingrant62926 жыл бұрын

    Robert Dinero I've been treated well here! Of course your a rich white celebrity

  • @luukeluketer1024
    @luukeluketer10246 жыл бұрын

    So you're saying these are just accusations and propaganda.....Is that what you're saying ??

  • @IHATEJEREMYMOCK
    @IHATEJEREMYMOCK6 жыл бұрын

    So what you are saying is...

  • @charmainequalaty3236
    @charmainequalaty32363 жыл бұрын

    Barbuda west Indies beautiful island of Barbuda is where many people could come for vacation. I love the island not just any island in the Caribbean. Barbuda is one of the best in the Caribbean right next to her sister island witch is Antigua they are called sister island in the Caribbean beautiful.

  • @brooklyn7983
    @brooklyn79837 ай бұрын

    He Must Be Never Heard Of Jamaica, Heart Of Di Caribbean

  • @charmainequalaty3236
    @charmainequalaty32363 жыл бұрын

    That is so stupid Barbuda ain't going anywhere because the barbudan people is in their owned way. Please helped Barbuda please. Barbuda needs helped very bad

  • @brenchomsky3515
    @brenchomsky35153 жыл бұрын

    How could you renovate when there's no taxes paid ???

  • @chicotthejester9341
    @chicotthejester93416 жыл бұрын

    I blame the lobsters.

  • @xPascal9x
    @xPascal9x6 жыл бұрын

    Barbuda doesnt´t build a airport anymore?

  • @jaydorsette9193
    @jaydorsette91934 жыл бұрын

    I come from Barbuda dont know why im watching this now but Barbuda is still how it was back then and i love Barbuda just the way it is and im not looking forward too a change in Barbuda so STOP SHARING HATES ON IT CAUSE ITS ONE OF THE BEST CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES EVER EVEN BETTER THAN OTHERS

  • @jamesburns2724

    @jamesburns2724

    Жыл бұрын

    Corruption rules there

  • @ghislainemiron9058
    @ghislainemiron90583 жыл бұрын

    I was in Barbuda 2011 in januera i Nevers forgent this Beatiful beach with Pink sand i bring back sommes of the shells tynne Pink its a beatiful souvenir i when to Antigua for the 5 times the virus stop me to comme back these island i have them in my HART i will comme back

  • @ramgook
    @ramgook8 ай бұрын

    Big up to that man wearing a Bahamas 7:20 hat sounds like he's on point.

  • @brenchomsky3515
    @brenchomsky35153 жыл бұрын

    Its good to invite foreign investors. If you'll leave it to Barbudans nothing will happen to the island.

  • @TheBOOSTEDO
    @TheBOOSTEDO Жыл бұрын

    9:31 From a legal standpoint that agreement looks null and void as that's not how you spell - Robert "De Niro"... 🤔😳 maybe Robert's last name is "Dinero"... SMDH

  • @charmainequalaty3236
    @charmainequalaty32363 жыл бұрын

    Barbuda is a very beautiful island in the Caribbean I hoped Barbuda can get helped because it needed helped faster please I hoped the Antigua government helped Barbuda. Because is helped for Barbuda. The barbudan people just stand in their owned way. From seeing Barbuda get developed

  • @Delta4ms
    @Delta4ms6 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't want to build on that Island. There's just too much risk.

  • @jamaldrinkliquor7445

    @jamaldrinkliquor7445

    Жыл бұрын

    My family comes from that island… that dna has me stronger than everyone I’ve met.. say what u want but that land is golden

  • @krystingrant6292
    @krystingrant62926 жыл бұрын

    So disgusting

  • @jaydorsette9193

    @jaydorsette9193

    4 жыл бұрын

    ITS NOT SO STOP SHARING HATES PLEASE

  • @charmainequalaty3236
    @charmainequalaty32363 жыл бұрын

    The barbudan their standing in the way of their owned blessing. God send helped to the island of Barbuda. And the people there don't know what's good for them. Their don't have any mean for the little island of Barbuda. That's why many people of Barbuda leaves the island of Barbuda and moved to Canada and the united States of America and the UK. To make a better life there for them and their family there's not to many Job's their in Barbuda west Indies. There are hardly any worked in the island of Barbuda. Most of the people had to leave the island of Barbuda and lived in Antigua to find worked there in Antigua. It's not easy to find job in Barbuda. Its time for the island of Barbuda rebuilt the island of Barbuda for the next generation coming up. What happened to the youth of Barbuda. Barbuda needs a good school and a college or a university where the young people can attended right they in the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Just like Antigua there has. Many many college they in Antigua where the students attended right after high school. Barbuda needs a college or a university where the children of Barbuda can attended. Right after high school. Also Barbuda the road or I should say the street needs fixed. That's not the biggest problem for Barbuda at the moment. I believed Barbuda could be a better place for everyone. But their most all comes together and wanted the same thing for the island of Barbuda. It's way to long now. Please please helped Antigua government helped Barbuda. Antigua she is so beautiful. Beautiful indeed, Barbuda needs a beautiful hospital and as I always say a good super market. And a good airport in the Caribbean island of Barbuda. Know though about it. If I were a billioneir know question asked I would of built the small island of Barbuda. It doesn't take much to built the small island of Barbuda. Barbuda is a very very friendly place to be in the Caribbean. There's a lot to do there. But it needs helped and it so sad the people just stand in the way of Barbuda getting helped. I don't know why because if the people moved out the way. Then Barbuda could get the helped she despretly needed. And the barbudan people can all comes back to Barbuda where there being. That's my take on the beautiful island of Barbuda

  • @subzero2106
    @subzero21066 жыл бұрын

    Anyone who’s knows anything about Barbuda knows that everyone in this video is a opposition of the government! The reason why Irma destroyed Barbuda is because it was bad there and needed a new start . Things couldn’t go on the same way anymore, Barbuda needs to accept development and progress, time to stop with this land grab !!!!!

  • @susanwithyahinthemist
    @susanwithyahinthemist6 жыл бұрын

    Those Democrats will steal your shirt and tell you they are helping you!

  • @brenchomsky3515
    @brenchomsky35153 жыл бұрын

    Robert de Niro will give jpbs and attract foreign investoes. SOME BARBUDANS DON'T THINK LONG RANGE.

  • @charmainequalaty3236
    @charmainequalaty32363 жыл бұрын

    The barbudan don't know what good for them

  • @brenchomsky3515
    @brenchomsky35153 жыл бұрын

    The Prime Minister did the right thing. Those people complaining wants money in their pockets.

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