ARTICLE · 20 DECEMBER 2006

Expropriation In Antigua & Barbuda - Update 2007

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The Government has never offered to purchase the property, the Half Moon Bay Resort, which includes a beach front hotel surrounded by 108 acres of amenities, golf course, estate and development lands. Between nature's gift and its owners' care, the property has been acknowledged by the Travel Channel in 1999 as being set on the best beach in the world.

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Ian Moncrief-Scott

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Antigua & Barbuda has expropriated the private property of United States citizens.

The Government has never offered to purchase the property, the Half Moon Bay Resort, which includes a beach front hotel surrounded by 108 acres of amenities, golf course, estate and development lands. Between nature's gift and its owners' care, the property has been acknowledged by the Travel Channel in 1999 as being set on the best beach in the world.

Proclaiming eminent domain, the Government of Antigua alleged this action was for a public purpose.

A new definition of public purpose was provided when, in his 2003 Budget presentation to Parliament, the then Prime Minister Lester Bird proposed to balance the nation's deficit by the sale proceeds of the Half Moon Bay property.

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