Anguilla has now found itself touched by two revolutions in less than sixty years. The first was political. The second is technological. Both changed the island’s relationship with the world. In 1967, Anguilla rebelled against a forced political union with St. Kitts and Nevis. Men took up defensive positions along the island’s roads and coastline. […]
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In 1984, I was sent to Anguilla to renovate a derelict hotel. I was 27-years old. My boss handed me an envelope containing $1,400 cash, a check for $5,000, a single page brochure for something called Corito Cottages, and a plane ticket to a Caribbean island I had never heard of. I had forty-five days
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Aftermath of Hurricane Klaus, November, 1984, Sandy Ground
What the Islands Ask Read More »
In the summer of 1967, the island of Anguilla had just done something impossible. Six thousand people on thirty-five square miles of limestone had expelled the St. Kitts police force, held a referendum that went 1,813 to 5, and declared themselves a republic. They had no army, no navy, no international recognition, and almost no
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