It is too early to tell how this week will be remembered in the annals of Marshall Islands history, but it is likely not to be forgotten. The Marshall Islands is “facing death row,” Heine told a meeting of international leaders at the United Nations’ Climate Conference in Madrid. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is located roughly 5,000 miles southwest of Los Angeles, just north of the equator, and halfway between Hawaii and Australia. In 1986, the Marshall Islands and the United States signed an agreement cementing an alliance. “The United States did some very wrong things in the Marshall Islands.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 05, 2019 21:56 UTC