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Mauritius - a hotbed of corruption!
March 31st 2016 Francis was in his late fifties, bald and in possession of a paunch. I would no doubt replicate the look in fifteen or so years. I shook hands and sat alongside him in the car.
As we set off for the first stop of the tour: a local sugar factory, I asked Francis about himself. He told me he first became a taxi driver in 1982. “Back then, everything so cheap. Families could live well and raise th
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Discovered by the Portuguese in 1505, Mauritius was subsequently held by the Dutch, French, and British before independence was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attra... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
