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Uno de los países más PEQUEÑOS del mundo es también uno de los más EXTENDIDOS:

#Kiribati 🇰🇮

Así se ve comparado con México 🇲🇽

¿Cómo es que es de los más pequeños y más extendidos al mismo tiempo?

Vamos viendo... abajo ⬇️ Image
Pocas veces mencionado, Kiribati 🇰🇮 (pronunciado como /kiribás/) es uno de los países más pequeños del planeta. 

Está formado por 33 atolones (islotes coralinos) que sumados llegan apenas a los 810 km2 (un poco más que la mitad de #CDMX).

Así de pequeñitos son: ImageImage
y así luce el atolón donde se ubica Tarawa, la capital de Kiribati 🇰🇮

Casi, literal, es pueblo de una sola calle. ImageImageImage
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For those who asked, 🧵with some of my #SolomonIslands coverage.

Bottomline: SI leaders warned about dangers of CCP elite capture since before 2019 switch. No one listened.

Now they say Townsville Peace Agreement needs to be enacted. We should listen.
sundayguardianlive.com/news/china-ent…
Written w/ Alexander Gray (ex-NSC). Why US shouldn't 'subcontract' policy - i.e. with Pacific Island Countries - even to very close partners like Australia.

It undermines trust and allows for misunderstandings.

No one benefits, except malign actors.

thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-so…
Explains why Nov 2021 Australian deployment to #SolomonIslands post-riots was a strategic error. It bolstered an unpopular pro-PRC PM and, as we know now, gave him justification for inviting in Chinese 'police trainers' soon after.
thediplomat.com/2021/11/foreig…
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THREAD: #China plans to revive strategic Pacific airstrip, #Kiribati lawmaker says

A base in Kiribati Islands, in the central area of the Pacific ocean, 3,000Km from Hawaii & in the rear of #Guam can be a game changer, disrupt #US efforts to contain China
reuters.com/article/us-chi…
2) The plans, which have not been made public, involve construction on the tiny island of Kanton (also spelled Canton), a coral atoll strategically located midway between Asia and the Americas.
3) Despite being small, Kiribati, a nation of 120,000 residents, controls one of the biggest exclusive economic zones in the world, covering more than 3.5 million square kilometres of the Pacific.
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The #IMF says the "Great Lockdown" recession will likely be the worst since the Great Depression. Global economy projected to shrink by 3% in 2020. By contrast, in January, the IMF had forecast a global GDP expansion of 3.3% for this year. Details in chart below. Table: @IMFNews
IMF: Partial global rebound to 5.8% in 2021 “assumes the #pandemic fades in the 2nd half of 2020, & that policy actions taken by countries are effective in preventing widespread firm bankruptcies, extended job losses, & system-wide financial strains.” #WEO ow.ly/ZLYi50zccSJ
How does your country fare in the latest #IMF projections for 2020 & 2021? imf.org/~/media/Files/… @IMFNews #economies #GDP #finance
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