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Trouble in Paradise: Why Maldives Is on the Verge of Default

A note issued by the tiny island nation in the middle of the Indian Ocean is trading at low prices. 

An island in the Maldives. 

Photographer: NADJA BRANDT
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Welcome to The Brink. We’re Kerim Karakaya in London and Luca Casiraghi in Milan, where we have been looking into the travails of the sun-soaked Maldives. We also have the latest on Harland & Wolff, Tupperware and Dish. Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@bloomberg.net or DM on X to @kerimkarakaya34.

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