Opponents of $250m project on island Barbuda say the government is trampling on citizens’ rights by approving project under fresh celebrity-incentive lawPlans by movie star Robert De Niro and Australian billionaire James Packer to build a 391-acre mega-resort at Princess Diana’s favourite Caribbean hideaway are stirring controversy in Barbuda,where opponents accuse the island’s government of trampling citizens’ rights in a rush to push the project through.The passage final week of the so-called Paradise Found bill during a lively session of the Antigua and Barbuda parliament cleared a major hurdle to the $250m development on the site of the run-down and abandoned K Club, which closed in 2004.
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Source: theguardian.com