What Happens When American Billionaires Build A Private City In Your Country

Why are tech billionaires with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump funding a private, for-profit city on a small Honduran island?

Dena Takruri traveled to Próspera, the most controversial "startup city” in the world. Some say it’s a free market crypto-utopia that will lift Hondurans out of poverty. But others say it’s nothing more than an experiment in modern-day colonialism.

00:00 Introduction
3:29 Dena visits Próspera
7:26 Why Próspera is controversial
8:37 A history of U.S. corporations exploiting Honduras
9:28 What critics say about Próspera
11:23 Who’s behind the global private city movement
14:14 Dena visits the nearby Crawfish Rock community
17:14 Conclusion

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