# @ajplus on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=X9xmdRgHEj4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30158157-ajplus-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/fefbe5b0ad.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-28T19:15:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AJ+ (@ajplus) — https://gondola.cc/ajplus

## Caption

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

#Honduras #próspera

## Stats

- **Views:** 348,074
- **Likes:** 11,208
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- **Comments:** 2,357

## Tags

honduras, próspera

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