Albania's flamingo revolution: Will protests stop Trump family luxury resort plan?

In Albania, a grassroots movement called the Flamingo Revolution is challenging a luxury resort project backed by members of the Trump family. According to France 24, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are pursuing a four-billion-dollar development on the Adriatic coast, with financing from Qatari contacts. The resort would occupy protected coastline that citizens fear will be privatized. The movement—leaderless and spanning a nation of two point four million—represents unusual resistance to both foreign investment and government approval.

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