Poster boy for Pacific globalism

Re: Privitisation of land is failure 

Interesting thoughts. Tuilaepa seems to be the poster boy for Pacific globalism. He has slowly been commoditizing national resources, as you mention land, using taxpayer’s money, and selling them to multinationals who decide prices to maximize their profits. 

Watch these telecom cables as Tuilaepa turns access bandwidth into a commodity and sell it to a multinational company (Mexican, Spanish or American) for peanuts to try and shore up HRPPs operations. Underwritten by World Bank etc who already has a local presence pushing Tuilaepa to make the ‘right’ decision.

 

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