Greenland at a Crossroads: a Danish Protectorate or America's Promises?

Greenland at a crossroads: a Danish protectorate or America's promises?

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Greenland at a crossroads: a Danish protectorate or America's promises? : Indybay

Despite its high GDP per capita, Greenland remains an area of extreme poverty, social exclusion and political disenfranchisement for the indigenous population. Under Danish rule for more than three hundred years, the island has been formally under the European flag, but in fact has been deprived of full development. Against the backdrop of growing international interest in Greenland's rare earth resources and strategic position in the Arctic, th…