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		<title>Guadeloupe – Another French Caribbean Hot Spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[-Economic inequities prompt unrest -Paris refueling unrest due to flawed economic policies -Government fails in authorizing policies -Attended by Guadeloupe’s well-fare The social unrest that plagued the French départments d’outre-mer earlier this year has largely subsided. Yet Paris’ problems with its organically connected Caribbean dependences are far from resolved. In fact, they’ve only just begun. On January 19, the Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP, or “Stand up Against Exploitation”) movement initiated a series of peaceful protests on the island of Guadeloupe. Initially, local island leaders sought relief from the exorbitant cost of living on the island, as well as called for a €200 monthly increase of the minimum wage, but afterward the demonstrations quickly spiraled out of control as islanders stepped up their militancy. Their ire proved to be contagious as the other French overseas départments, Martinique, French Guyana, and Réunion (off the coast of Madagascar), were all taken over by some degree of pandemonium. Schools, roads and gas stations were closed, essentially paralyzing each of the islands. Guadeloupians had good reason to revolt. The cost of living on the French-Caribbean island is four times more than in France, yet the average GDP per capita is merely half that of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Fading Caribbean Island-States Thrive in the World of Alternative Energy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Does the Caribbean sugar cane industry possess the will and resources to recover from its collapse and evade all-but total catastrophe? - Despite a number of opportunities, efforts towards orderly ethanol development in the region have been chaotic - Can lessons from Brazil’s acclaimed ethanol program motivate foreign investors to allow the Caribbean to follow suit? In the ongoing search for a way to reduce global dependence on crude oil, many countries are turning to alternative energy sources to satisfy their seemingly insatiable appetite for fuel. The British, for instance, are spearheading a growing movement to recycle used vegetable oil in order to power motor vehicles, yet will be restricted by inadequate resources of this nature. A far more practical option has been adopted throughout much of the tropical world, notably in Brazil. Brazil’s thirty-year-old biofuel program is widely considered to be the pioneer in sugar cane ethanol production, and for good reason; the country created for itself the first sustainable biofuel economy in the world. The success of Latin America’s industrial behemoth in this respect would seem to presage a promising template for developing neighboring countries with once glorious and now sadly hobbled sugar cane industries. West Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What next for Guadeloupe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 5, 2009 BBCCaribbean.com Union leaders in Guadeloupe have agreed to end a 44-day-old general strike but will the scars of the unrest heal anytime soon? The announcement came after the LKP (League Against Profiteering) collective signed a deal with officials and business owners in the French department to raise workers&#8217; pay and lower the cost of basic goods. But more worryingly, the strike exposed underlying tensions between workers on the island and a wealthy white minority, many of whom descended from slave-era colonists. It led President Nicholas Sarkozy to order a review of how France&#8217;s overseas territories are run. Mr Sarkozy, already unpopular, the Caribbean unrest presents a big challenge. France is used to strikes and ethnic unrest on its European mainland, but torched cars and trashed stores on its far-flung islands are stoking worries regarding other overseas departments. Wealthy elite It raises uncomfortable questions about race, France&#8217;s efforts to define itself in the 21st century and the legacy of France&#8217;s once mighty empire that today stretches across the globe from the North Atlantic and Caribbean to the South Pacific. While legally a full part of France and the European Union, Guadeloupe is one of the poorest corners of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guadeloupe: Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- The French Caribbean department is facing what could be its most important social protest in its history - Following traditional neglect, Paris has greeted Guadeloupe’s concerns with near indifference - The socioeconomic situation on the island has deteriorated as has the gap with the métropole, which has never been so flagrant The French Caribbean is facing serious turbulence. Guadeloupe, one of the French islands in the West Indies, has been completely paralyzed by a general strike since January 19. For more than a month, the population has been bitterly expressing anger towards the French government over the exorbitant cost of living on the archipelago by closing roads, schools, administrative services and public transportation. Moreover, gas stations have been shut down, provoking an oil shortage that has not yet been resolved. While it started with peaceful rallies led by the “Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon” (LKP or “Stand Up Against Exploitation”), the protest has evolved into violent confrontations between small but daring youth groups and the police. The recent clashes culminated with the killing of a union activist as he was trying to avoid the barricades that have been set up all over the territory. On February 18, a police spokesman in [...]]]></description>
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