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Jamaica's Bauxite Wealth vs. Poverty: Broken Promises and Environmental Damage
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@Jamaica Caribbean Islands Why does Jamaica sit on billions in bauxite but still struggle with poverty? In the 1950s, foreign companies discovered Jamaica had some of the world's richest bauxite deposits. Manchester, St. Ann, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon. They promised jobs, development, prosperity. What they didn't tell you? Entire communities were displaced. Farmers lost generational land their families worked for decades. The companies paid pennies while shipping billions in bauxite to make aluminum overseas. And they left behind toxic red mud lakes. Polluted water sources. Destroyed farmland that can't grow food anymore. Communities in Manchester still deal with health issues from
