Prime Minister pushes to privatize land ownership to attract tourism-oriented foreign investment

After more than 150 years and the Category 5 Irma Hurricane that devastated most of the island infrastructure, “the president* of the two-island nation, Gaston Browne. is pushing to end the traditional customs of Barbuda and privatize land ownership to attract tourism-oriented foreign investment.” Annette Henry, manager of a Barbudan social media group, says “selling the island as a commodity will just be the end of our utopia—what we know as paradise.” *Correction: Gaston Browne is Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister.