{"id":163469,"date":"2022-11-28T08:12:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=163469"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:12:11","slug":"experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

SOURCE: Voice of America News<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

BERLIN \u2014\u00a0<\/span>Investments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November.<\/p>\n

Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the most severe impacts:<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Tuvalu plans to build a digital version of itself as it is sinking; economic damage from tropical cyclones in Caribbean developing island nations have seen a \u201cdramatic increase,\u201d according to a 2022 study; Jamaica\u2019s farmers are suffering from droughts, floods and pests.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Small island states called for China to pay into a climate loss and damage fund for developing countries at the COP27 United Nations climate summit this month, although China said it would not do so.<\/p>\n

Large-scale infrastructure projects on such islands, common under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative, increase risks to the environment, according to Kalim Shah, assistant professor at the University of Delaware specializing in governance in small island states.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Island nations \u201care very heavily natural resource-bound,\u201d he told VOA by video call November 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s very little room for mistakes on these large projects, if you want to avert irreversible environmental impacts,\u201d he said.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

As of the end of last year, China\u2019s investment in Pacific Island nations reached $2.72 billion, an official statement said. Its BRI partners in the region include the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

A University of Hawaii at Manoa study found that a majority of the BRI projects in the Oceanic islands are infrastructure, including roads, bridges and highways, and mainly aimed at boosting tourism, particularly Chinese tourism. Other projects include power plants, mines, schools and other technology centers.<\/p>\n

In the Caribbean, China has invested over $10 billion in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba and the Bahamas from 2005 to 2022, focused on tourism, transportation, agriculture and energy, according to the American Enterprise Institute\u2019s China Global Investment Tracker.<\/p>\n

Environmental controversies<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, a few of these projects have come under scrutiny for poor environmental standards. In 2019, Papua New Guinea ordered a Chinese-owned nickel processing plant to close, claiming the company, Metallurgical Corporation of China, had breached the country\u2019s environment safety laws.<\/p>\n

This came after the plant had a nickel spill that is believed to have contaminated the Basamuk Bay.<\/p>\n

Despite environmental concerns over removing mangroves that can shield the north Antigua and Barbuda from natural disasters, the construction of beaches and two hotels by Chinese company YIDA International went ahead, according to local media.<\/p>\n

Projects like these \u201cmight be tempting economically, but eventually it is going to be a huge potential for negative environmental impacts,\u201d said Shah.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s BRI projects around the world are on track to create carbon emissions that would raise world temperatures by more than 2 degrees if no decarbonization efforts are made, Decarbonizing the Belt and Road, A Green Finance Roadmap<\/em>, a 2019 report, said. BRI environmental implications have prompted the United Nations to form the Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition to boost green investment and encourage knowledge exchange on green development of the BRI.<\/p>\n

Green BRI<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2017, China published guidance on promoting a green BRI, which included urging companies to adhere to international environmental standards.<\/p>\n

Last year, China said it had launched an initiative for a Belt and Road partnership on green development with more than 30 countries, including small island states like Fiji, Maldives and Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n

China has also set up multiple climate information centers in its BRI partner countries.<\/p>\n

Scrutiny on the move to shift BRI projects to low carbon emissions will be inevitable, according to James Ellsmoor, CEO of social enterprise and digital agency Island Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that [scrutiny] was inevitable that with such a huge amount of money being invested in global infrastructure, that carbon emissions were going to be held to some level of scrutiny,\u201d Ellsemoor told VOA by phone.<\/p>\n

A 2020 report by researchers from China\u2019s Fuzhou University and Zhejiang University said that the BRI \u201chas not yet placed sufficient focus on climate change adaptation or issues specific to small islands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellsmoor added, \u201cThere will need to be some level of accountability out there to make sure that mitigation is incorporated on some level into these infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to see more climate change adaptation projects to funded as part of BRI because they are critical for small island nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

A separate 2020 article in the journalEnvironmental Policy and Governance<\/em> said that the green BRI structure relies mainly on voluntary self-governance and initiatives.<\/p>\n

The researchers say that while the effectiveness of BRI\u2019s environmental governance needs China\u2019s commitments, BRI countries\u2019 willingness and capacity to enforce environmental laws and regulations is also important.<\/p>\n

Small island states have only started to develop their own environmental legislation over the last decade, Shah said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Infrastructure] projects very easily passed environmental impact assessments\u2026 because these systems are not fully developed.<\/p>\n

You would be very hard pressed to find cases that go to the highest domestic courts [in small island nations] on compliance or noncompliance with environmental regulations.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s very little precedence that has been developed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shah added that both China and small island nations are equally responsible for the environmental impacts of the BRI projects in such states.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOURCE: Voice of America News BERLIN \u2014\u00a0Investments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November. Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"yoast_head":"\nExperts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SOURCE: Voice of America News BERLIN \u2014\u00a0Investments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November. Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"230\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\"},\"wordCount\":895,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Regional\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\",\"name\":\"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp\",\"width\":408,\"height\":230},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts","og_description":"SOURCE: Voice of America News BERLIN \u2014\u00a0Investments under China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative can pose environmental risks to small island nations already vulnerable to harm from climate change, an expert told VOA in late November. Despite contributing less to human-caused climate change, the islands are often at the front lines of the some of the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":408,"height":230,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts","datePublished":"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/"},"wordCount":895,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp","articleSection":["Regional"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/","name":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp","datePublished":"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-28T12:12:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:408\/h:230\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/8AA4E816-5147-431B-8CDE-6570DEC1DDFB.webp","width":408,"height":230},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/experts-see-environmental-risk-from-chinas-small-island-bri-efforts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Experts See Environmental Risk from China\u2019s Small Island BRI Efforts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/163473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}