What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to block the Trump-Kushners’ plans to build on a nature reserve. But they’re not the only billionaires acting as if the whole world was for sale
TL;DR
- Hundreds of thousands protested in Albania against Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's luxury resort plans on a protected nature reserve.
- Ivanka Trump's comments about 'discovering' Sazan island and paving over the reserve fueled local anger and international attention.
- Albania's anti-corruption agency is investigating the project, questioning how the land's protected status disappeared.
- The protests are considered the most significant in Albania since the fall of communism, with some calling for the prime minister's resignation.
- Similar projects involving billionaires seeking to develop land for private profit are occurring in other locations like Nevis, Honduras, and Greenland.
- The article raises concerns about a new era of trillionaires potentially challenging the role of nation-states through greedy land grabs.
- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama dismissed criticism, calling it 'ideological bullshit' and suggesting foreign interference.