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Article: Any portin a storm; Grenada.(One of Taiwan's Caribbean allies seems poised to jump ship)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Still terrible: Ivan's trail
Desperate to rebuild after Hurricane Ivan, Grenada, too, turns to China
JUST before Christmas, five cruise ships docked at the capital of this tiny island and disgorged their passengers. As they strolled along the pretty seafront, the tourists found themselves rubbing shoulders with workers rebuilding a wrecked fire station, and staring at historic churches which still gape roofless at the tropical sky.
Four months after Hurricane Ivan left its trail of mayhem, Grenada is still struggling to get back on its feet. Although--like many of its neighbours--it has sold itself to western trippers as an idyllic, ...