Barbudan Resistance in the Press

2022

  • "Antigua and Barbuda: Luxury resort puts wetland and healthy environment at risk – UN experts"

    Antigua News Room, 3 February 2022 — Read here

  • "Antigua and Barbuda: Luxury resort puts wetland and healthy environment at risk – UN experts"

    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 2 February 2022 — Read here

  • "Environmentalist blasts PM’s climate change fight as ‘hypocritical’"

    The Antigua Observer, 4 January 2022 — Read here

2021

  • "A tight-knit island nation hopes to rebuild while preserving ‘the Barbudan way’"

    National Geographic, 11 August 2021 — Read here

  • "Residents of hurricane-ravaged Barbuda hopeful as UN body signals ‘deep concern’ over resort for uber-rich"

    The Independent, 16 July 2021 — Read here

  • "Save the Wave: Barbuda's Barrels are being Bulldozed"

    Tracks, 13 May 2021 — Read here

  • "Barbuda: Paradise Found... Paradise Lost...?

    Tracks, 30 April 2021 — Read here

  • "New airport on the island of Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda"

    Environmental Justice Atlas, 24 February 2021 — Read here

  • "PLH accused of ‘greenwashing amid environmental destruction’"

    The Antigua Observer, 27 January 2021 — Read here

  • "Barbuda: Le Projet d'une Station Balnéaire Menace le Mode de Vie des Insulaires"

    Surf Session, 26 January 2021 — Read here

  • "Antigua and Barbuda: Legal challenge to ‘land grab’ for Barbuda resort"

    The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 25 January 2021 — Read here

2020

  • "Int’l lawyers request investigation of wetland destruction on Barbuda"

    The Antigua Observer, 10 December 2020 — Read here

  • "Fury over plans for luxury homes in Barbuda national park"

    The Antigua Observer, 30 November 2020 — Read here

  • "Police presence reported during Barbuda Council PLH site investigation"

    The Antigua Observer, 11 August 2020 — Read here

  • "Barbuda Council fights on to halt work at Palmetto Point"

    The Antigua Observer, 16 July 2020 — Read here

  • "Environmentalists call out inequities in fisheries protection"

    The Antigua Observer, 13 July 2020 — Read here

  • "We Nar Move! Barbudans defy order to vacate Gravenor Bay"

    The Antigua Observer, 23 March 2020 — Read here

  • "Barbudans say they were duped into voting for the approval of PLH"

    The Antigua Observer, 12 February 2020 — Read here

  • "Environmentalist calls for EIA to be revised in Barbuda PLH project"

    The Antigua Observer, 12 February 2020 — Read here

  • "Mussington calls for DCA to become an independent body"

    The Antigua Observer, 21 January 2020 — Read here

  • "Barbudans 'fight for survival' as resort project threatens islanders' way of life"

    The Guardian, 14 December 2020 — Read here

  • "‘Vulnerable to climate change so the rich can play golf’: An untouched island, a billionaire ‘environmentalist’ and a legal fight over a luxury resort"

    The Independent, 13 December 2020 — Read here

  • "From Barbuda to the World: Love (and Peace and Happiness) in the Time of Climate Emergency"

    OpenGlobalRights, 11 December 2020 — Read here

  • "Caribbean Islanders: 'Environmentalist' Billionaire Building Resorts on Protected Wetlands"

    The Intercept, 9 December 2020 — Read here

  • "Call for international mission over US developers luxury residences & golf course on Barbuda wetland"

    The Global Legal Action Network, 9 December 2020 — Read here

2019

  • "Nearly Two Years Later and Barbuda Is Still Struggling to Recover from Irma"

    Medium: Dwayne Wong (Omowale), 28 March 2019 — Read here

2018

  • "Returning home to Barbuda a year after Irma’s annihilation"

    CGTN America, 2 September 2018 — Watch here

  • "Robert De Niro Accused of Exploiting Hurricane Irma to Build Resort in Barbuda"

    The Intercept, 23 January 2018 — Read here

2017

  • "Barbuda and the Land Issue in the Caribbean"

    Huffington Post, 29 December 2017 — Read here

  • "Barbuda fears land rights loss in bid to spread tourism from Antigua"

    The Guardian, 27 December 2017 — Read here

  • "Protests Against the Land Grab in Barbuda"

    Huffington Post, 14 December 2017 — Read here

  • "Video: Barbuda, an island paradise wiped out by Hurricane Irma"

    France 24 English, 1 December 2017 — Watch here

  • "No Man's Land: Barbuda After Hurricane Irma | Times Documentaries"

    The New York Times, 28 November 2017 — Watch here

  • "Barbuda: Islanders still homeless after hurricane; land bulldozed for airport"

    Channel 4 News, 20 November 2017 — Watch here

  • "Barbuda: Fears of land grab after hurricane"

    Channel 4 News, 8 November 2017 — Watch here

  • "Barbuda Has To Completely Rebuild After Hurricane Irma (HBO)"

    VICE News, 11 October 2017 — Watch here

2016

  • "Robert De Niro’s Caribbean Resort Plan Draws Criticism"

    The New York Times, 6 January 2016 — Read here