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2017-04-07 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by 3dc 2017-04-07 09:35|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Good background 3dc! Sounds like French govt got themselves into a colonial pickle; a shakedown for more money.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-04-07 11:10|| 2017-04-07 11:10|| Front Page Top

#2 250k people in French Guyana. It is not the poorest oversea department but has the highest murder rate in France, averaging to once a week.

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Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-07 19:06|| 2017-04-07 19:06|| Front Page Top

#3 The main demands are: Higher wages, more workplaces, money for social infrastructure [schools, clinics], more support for the farmers, better protection of small local businesses.

The EU splashes large sums on these things in poor peripheral areas. I assume a lot of it is getting stolen.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-07 21:01|| 2017-04-07 21:01|| Front Page Top

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