Nauru, an Island Adrift

Nauru, an Island Adrift (2009)

March 14th, 20091h 31min

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A quiet island, lost in the pacific ocean. Nothing worth of interest, until the day a stroke of luck, phosphate, provided by the island's coral core, led the country to incredible heights: in 1975, it became the second richest country per inhabitant in the world after Saudi Arabia... Only to plunge into ruins a few years later.


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