Vanuatu is one of the world's poorest nations. It is also a first-round recipient of the Millennium Challenge Fund, a US$5 million charity designed to be the nice version of what Iraq is the ugly version: US power in the world. But Vanuatu is also home of some of the last of the cargo cults. They've been waiting 70 years for the airplanes from America to come back with free gifts of advanced technology, and here they are. Life is strange and wonderful.
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