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Jamaica's Beach Battle: Locals Fight for Access to Privatized Coastlines

Jamaica's Beach Battle: Locals Fight for Access to Privatized Coastlines
Protesters on a Jamaican beach demanding public access
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They argue this includes beaches.

For many, beaches are culturally significant—places to swim, relax, and for Rastafarians, meditate. The Blue Lagoon in Portland is considered medicinal for the elderly.

Fishers rely on the sea for livelihood and food.

“When you cut us off from the sea … you are actually setting us up to starve,” Taylor says.

Professor Carolyn Cooper calls the restrictions “outrageous,” noting that Black Jamaicans are entitled to leisure.

Campaigners say they are not anti-tourism, pointing to St. Lucia, where all beaches are accessible and tourism thrives.

They worry that current laws benefit only the wealthy, with hotel profits leaving the country.

Despite legal delays and costs, Taylor remains confident: “Our evidence is overwhelming, and nothing can defeat this case for prescriptive rights.

We continue on. We are very patient.

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And we'll see the victory.”

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