http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/no-way-nauru/
"The tiny island nation of Nauru, an eight-square-mile speck of land in
the middle of the Pacific Ocean, was once one of the richest countries
in the world, with a phosphate industry accounting for 80% of its
economy. But around the year 2000, everything changed. The phosphate
that had enabled many to live in affluence at home, buy houses abroad
and send their children to expensive boarding schools was running out.
The island needed to reinvent itself urgently."
Photos of Nauru, a small island nation who used up their entire mineral
wealth and are now so impoverished that they are willing to act as a
contract prison camp. Via Edward Borland.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
