The Barbados Rebellion: An Island Nation’s Fight for Climate Justice - The New York Times
The Caribbean is trapped between crushing debt and a climate disaster caused by rich nations. Prime Minister Mia Mottley is battling for a fairer system.
Caribbean nations are trapped between the global financial system and a looming climate disaster. One country’s leader has been fighting to find a way out. The Barbados Rebellion By Abrahm Lustgarten Photographs by Erika Larsen Late on May 31, 2018, five days after she was sworn in as prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley and her top advisers gathered in the windowless anteroom of her administrative office in Bridgetown, the capital, for a call that could determine the fate of her island nation. The group settled into uncomfortable straight-backed chairs around a small mahogany table, starin
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