The Maldives is here

READING a feature story about the rising number of Chinese tourists in the Maldives (a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India) reminded me of the song “Haiti” and its curious refrain: “O Haiti é aqui/O Haiti não é aqui” (Portuguese original, translatable into English as “Haiti is here/Haiti is not here”).





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