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Nauru, a curse in disguise
And what can we do to rescue her from the curse
This heavenly looking south pacific island is far from heavenly. So far that many of its residents and natives would tell you it is hell itself. Read on and tell me if you didn’t shudder…
Nauru is a small island country, one of the world’s smallest independent republics, and is located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It has just 21 square kilometers area and a population of around 10,000 people. Sounds perfect for a paradise? Yes, but not Nauru.
The biggest victim of her own big blessing, Nauru is the best example of a terrible curse in fantastic disguise; And of blatant colonial exploitation in the name of profit opportunities…
Nauru was discovered in early 1900s to have richest, highest, purest quality phosphate reserves in the world. Then, Britain, New Zealand and Australia dove into extensive mining that in the next 90 years depleted the…