Protests over rising costs of living turn violent in French Caribbean island of Martinique

McDonalds can afford to pay those young people until that "restaurant" has been rebuilt.

I visited this island in 2004 when I was in high school. I was there participating in a modeling competition. The island was very beautiful, but it was very poor. It is a majority all black French Island. Back in 2004, this French Caribbean island was using the euro as their currency. I remember my mother and aunt having to switch our American money to the Euro because our American money meant nothing there. I am not surprised that even now, 20 years later, the people of the island are suffering far more than before. This is sad!

Important message to all the demonstrators… "It is easy to break and destroy. Hard to build and develop" Burning cars and shops, you just make things, More EXPENCIVE! What community development plans do the demonstrators/rioters have? -Start local community farmers markets. If every rural family has 3/4 chickens, and you never have to buy eggs for life.

No more colonization

MARTINIQUE MUST COME OUT FROM UNDER THE FRENCH. GET INDEPENDENCE AND JOIN CARICOM

Overseas "Dom tom" are possessions of france and west africa too in the franc cfa currency area.. everywhere you see french military is a french possession…. without all theses colonies france will be at the 20 place in the world economic classement… since the creation of U.E if poors countries in europe like portugal or polish are out of poverty its because rich france help them financially.. french money from all theses colonies….

Wow look at this and ppl in Jamaica 🇯🇲 talking about cost of living and yet there is no riot in Jamaica

Then come live in neighboring island of st.Lucia🇱🇨😅 I would love to live in Martinique

France is missing every country up haiti, niger, and now Martinique

The agenda t9 cause chaos to set-up nwo

How is destroying businesses that provide jobs and boycotting stores that provide your basic needs helping the people. Stop destroying your infrastructure and take your fight to your local politicians. They are the ones who can actually do something about the matter.

This is the beginning, because prices getting out of hand.

If you lives on an island with land, family land you better be planting food

Wow😢 everywhere 🌍🌎🌏 trouble politics evil 🙈🙈🙈

These high prices are globally even in the U.S.A, i live in the U.S.A and originally from neighboring Island 🏝 of ST Lucia 🇱🇨 this problem of high prices and taxes is affecting everyone.,violence however and vandalism creates chaos and more problems.

It is happening Globally. 🌴🌴 Greed is the root cause. If the people are stressed the land will burn.

Not a single Black person in the police force 😂

My heart goes out to Martinique and the wider world, let's all do our part to reduce the cost of life.

They have refused independence from France. Voted no

Haiti 2.0 wow 😢

Looks like they want independence from France ……and they probably want those nice french benefits too…time to make a choice.

Food is essential. It is heartbreaking that the residue of slavery and colonization still exists. Profits over people.

Global corporate greed has upsurge the way of life. Capitalism has failed.

Yes millionaires want more, couple millions not enough they want more

I have lost a third of my buying power in the last five years here in the USA. Stores stopped carrying many types of food that only the middle class could afford and now only the rich can afford.