BASSE-TERRE — Acclaimed Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Condé is often mentioned as a possible Nobel Literature Prize candidate. The 89-year-old writer was nominated for the International
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French Interior Minister Heads To Caribbean Territories to Defuse Tensions
PARIS — France’s minister for overseas territories will hold crisis talks on its Caribbean islands starting today, an official said, as the government looks to
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France Says Several Police Injured During Unrest in Martinique and Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said today that several members of the police force had been injured as a result of civil unrest
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Gunshots Fired At Police In France’s Martinique, Guadeloupe Still Tense
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Gunshots were fired overnight at police in Martinique for the second night running, French media reported today, in a sign that unrest triggered
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90 People Arrested In Guadeloupe Over Clashes With Police Over COVID Rules
BASSE-TERRE — Protesters in French overseas territories in the Caribbean opposing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 clashed again with security forces on Tuesday
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COVID-19 Unrest Has Created ‘Explosive’ Situation In Guadeloupe, Says Macron
POINTE-A-PITRE — French President Emmanuel Macron said violence in Guadeloupe over COVID-19 restrictions had created a “very explosive” situation, as a general strike entered a
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Guadeloupe Put On Strict Curfew By French Over COVID-19 Protocols Unrest
LE GOSIER — Residents in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France, expressed dismay today after protests against COVID-19 restrictions erupted into
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Banana Growers On Guadeloupe, Martinique Poisoned By A Carcinogenic Pesticide
BASSE-TERRE — The results of a French parliamentary commission of inquiry into the use of the carcinogenic pesticide chlordecone in the Guadeloupe and Martinique show
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