We Seceded Where Others Failed

I did not partake in the secession. I was too young and on the opposite side of the globe. It is a minor regret in my life, but I atone for it with an annual pilgrimage to the place of the insurrection. The secession unfolded on April 23rd, 1982. That it happened in the United States is what boggles the mind. It all began with a blockade of a tropical island. Law enforcement barricaded the only road to the mainland to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking. This choked the flow of tourists to the island and pinched the local tourist-dependent economy. The residents protested, but the government ignored their complaints. What could they do? They seceded. <a href="https://medium.com/globetrotters/we-seceded-where-others-failed-3e8bc19b211b">Click Here</a>