Notes on the Relationship Between Wai’tu kubuli (Dominica) and China

MerriCatherine
4 min readJul 8, 2019

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"Growing alongside the tourism industry, foreign ownership of real estate in Dominica has increased rapidly over the past few years. Americans are retiring to the country in record numbers, drawn to the islands natural beauty and peaceful way of life, and businessmen and businesswomen from around the globe are strategically investing in Dominica luxury resorts, particularly individuals from China, Russia, and the Middle East."

" Purchasing fractional ownership in a Dominica resort project accredited by the citizenship program is fast and easy, requires no maintenance or upkeep on behalf of the investor, and based on the developer's income and capital gain projections will typically be expected to return enough money after five years to cover both the capital invested as well as all fees originally paid."

"There is no residency requirement whatsoever to obtain Dominica citizenship through investment, and applicants are not even required to visit the country a single time. Once a person has acquired Dominica nationality, there is also no obligation to ever visit the island in order to maintain citizenship, and Dominica passport renewals are unconditionally available to all citizens at all times. Dominica is a fantastic country, however, and new citizens are encouraged to visit and are of course very welcome to live, work, or study on the island."

http://www.dominicacitizenshipbyinvestment.com/

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Dominica-offers-citizenship-to-Chinese-investors

A list of all the people who bought citizenship to Dominica by purchasing land and/or making direct investments into the government as of 2018:

https://archive.org/details/dominica_citizenship_investment_2018_passport

DOMINICA CITIZENSHIP investment Options

To be eligible for citizenship of the Commonwealth of Dominica under its Citizenship by Investment Programme, you must make:
EITHER

A contribution into the Economic Diversification Fund (EDF) amounting to a minimum of USD 100,000 for a single applicant, and increasing depending on the number of dependants included in the application;

OR

An investment in designated real estate with a value of at least USD 200,000.

The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica invites investments that will generate sustained economic growth and prosperity, and create jobs and business opportunities for the people of Dominica. The Government is committed to continuing to provide the legislative and administrative framework, and fiscal and technical support, necessary to encourage your investments and attain these goals. Dominica is creating modern, diversified, sustainable, and resilient economic structures to meet the demands of a highly competitive global environment.

https://cbiu.gov.dm/investment-options/

“We are seeing some movements in the world to try to recolonize the region and they are unable to do it politically, so they are doing it through the economic instruments,” Skerrit said. “We have suffered for this where for example, the European Union black-listed Dominica for no reason whatsoever. So, even when they called me and say they have removed Dominica from the black list and they extend their congratulations to us, I said I do not need your congratulations.”
Skerrit added that Dominica should receive compensation instead of being congratulated.
“You cannot extend an injustice to my country and then when you have sought to undo the injustice, you’re congratulating me. You should be indicating to me as the leader of country what form of compensation you should be giving to us for denying us of our right for self determination, but in this world…there are nations that are more powerful l and have control over the economic instruments and they impose this on us,” he argued.
The Prime Minister thanked the People’s Republic of China for standing as a beacon of principle in this world and defending nations like Dominica against injustice.

https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/i-do-not-need-your-congratulations-skerrit-to-eu-on-dominicas-removal-from-blacklist/

News on 2019 Riots and Fifth Column in Dominica for election reform

http://www.dominicapatriot.com/dominica-why-an-election-in-a-small-caribbean-state-could-be-pivotal/

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1197677323056599040?s=19

#COMMUNIQUE | ALBA-TCP denounces before the International Community the application of the same format used by the OAS in Bolivia, during the coming elections in Dominica, which seems oriented towards the unconstitutional and forceful change of the Roosevelt Skerrit government https://t.co/rN9Ac9J3of

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MerriCatherine

Transwoman from Wai'tu kubuli ( Dominica ) :: Too Left for Cool :: Writing Fourth-World Strategy :: https://www.patreon.com/MerriCatherine