Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by GUILLEAU Adrien
The space was crowded between the columns bearing the names of the thousands of Guyanese slaves freed in 1848, to attend the meeting of the two MPs for French Guiana. On Saturday 16 September, more than 1,000 people responded to the call from Jean-Victor Castor and Davy Rimane at the Botanical (…)
, by L’Anticapitaliste
The results of the legislative elections in overseas France are a slap in the face for Macron. The Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin, was defeated and, in most constituencies, so were the Macronist candidates. Even if the turnout is low, these results show a rejection of the colonial (…)
, by Scholars
Mr. President of the French Republic, the « Montagne d’Or » mining mega-project in French Guiana portends a genuine environmental and human disaster: A gigantic project deep in French Guiana’s tropical forest
In the heart of the French Guianese forest, situated between two fully-protected (…)
, by VERGES Françoise
French Guiana has taken to the streets to protest decades of underinvestment and neglect.
In March, French Guyanese unions and associations organized a collective called Pou La Gwiyann dékolé, which means “for the separation of Guiana” in Guyanese Creole. Since then, the activists have (…)
, by Telesur
The protesters have been paralyzing the country for over two weeks and remain unsatisfied with the French state’s response to the crisis.
All flights to French Guiana were canceled Thursday as a wave of national protests against the French government demanding higher wages, an end to (…)
, by GUILLEAU Adrien
Guiana: a French colony
1. A trading-post economy
Since its colonization in the seventeenth century, the colonial economic structure of Guiana has not varied. It is still characterized today by appropriation of the territory’s wealth and a commercial monopoly. The Guianan wealth most (…)
, by GRS
KANT E KANT EPI PEP GUIYANN
Forward in Martinique, Guadeloupe and the last remaining colonies!
French political leaders are finally discovering that Guyane, overwhelmed by problems, is rising up as one man, as one woman!
As in 2009, the French press and the government first of all stayed (…)
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