eric2332

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According to this thread, the charter city of Prospera in Honduras - somewhat positively discussed on ACX - has failed and its backers are suing Honduras for an immense amount of money (over 1/3 of the national GDP) and are likely to win, bankrupting a poor country. Furthermore, the thread asserts, Prospera was only approved in the first place in a period when Honduras was run by corrupt autocrats who had to use dubious measures (firing supreme court judges and putting other in their place) in order to get it approved, and one a more democratic government came to power

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