A luxury resort backed by the US president’s family may be built on a wildlife-rich nature reserve in one of Europe’s poorest nations

If the real estate dreams of a billionaire political family come true, an island in one of Europe’s poorest countries will become a luxury hotel complex, sweeping up stretches of the wildlife-rich nature reserve that sits across the water.

No public consultation has taken place, but there are signs the idea is on the way to becoming reality. Albania has been rocked by nearly two weeks of fierce protests after fences and heavy machinery came to a sensitive wetland and preparatory work began on the tourism vision of Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner.

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© Photograph: Fedja Grulovic/Reuters

© Photograph: Fedja Grulovic/Reuters

“Albania no está en venta”. Ese es el grito de batalla que se ha apoderado de Tirana, la capital del país, durante las últimas dos semanas. Miles de personas han salido a las calles este jueves para protestar por duodécimo día consecutivo contra dos megaproyectos turísticos impulsados por Ivanka Trump y Jared Kushner, la hija y el yerno del presidente de Estados Unidos, en un rincón paradisíaco en la costa del mar Adriático. “Este es nuestro hogar y venimos a defenderlo”, afirma Ana Kodra, una manifestante de 22 años, que lleva atada a sus espaldas la bandera del país.

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Albania's Sazan Island is a jewel in the Adriatic Sea. The former Cold War-era base is now in a luscious nature preserve and an inviting prospect for real estate developers. Chief among them is Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Their plans are running headlong into Albanians who want to keep what's theirs. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Katia Patin report.

Albania's state anti-corruption agency has opened an investigation related to the project but has not disclosed details.

Ivanka Trump, hija del presidente de los EE.UU. y su esposo, Jared Kushner, han adquirido la isla de Sazan, en la costa adriática de Albania, un antiguo enclave militar comunista…