What’s behind violent protests in France’s Martinique? • FRANCE 24 English

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French authorities on Thursday grappled with a new spike in violence in the country’s overseas territories, ordering a curfew after rioting in Martinique. France 24’s Angela Diffley takes a look at how economic problems and high prices are fuelling resentment on the Caribbean island.
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19 Comments

  1. France poisoned their soil forcing Martinique to import expensive food, police force all white to a population 80% black

  2. They clearly cant see the benefits of being a part if France if theyre protesting 🙃

  3. Martinique and Guadeloupe are a joke

  4. she does not know what she is talking about. speaking from a text book, trying to please the french

  5. How about a Chlordecone clean-up project with all of the money available for the Green Overseas agenda. This problem clearly falls under many of the UN goals for sustainable development

  6. "Martinique doesn't have an independence movement?" What year are you getting your sources from 😂

  7. What is this lady talking about. Inflation is the problem.

  8. My great grandmother is from this beautiful Caribbean island. I never met her

  9. Grant her independence so she can be like her neighbors: St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, etc.

  10. French governments refuse to give independance to all overseas territories, colonies…. For the same reasons why french military are yet in west africa…colonialism… they put in prison or kill overseas territories independantists who fight for their freedom for example in martinique and guadeloupe life is very expensive and the békés (whites descants of slavery masters) protected by the french government and their police and military gendarmerie contol all the economy of martinique and guadeloupe and decides of the prices

  11. Free the island France let them independent

  12. The producers are making money from the back of the population by establishing privileges relationships with French producers when they can export from economies closer to the island for cheaper.

  13. Its an awakening all over ,people are realizing we are taken on a wild goose chase lol

  14. Deal with Russia that how you fix that. Or at least learn the truth about the food situation with the Russian.
    France America and Britain are well know liars.
    Do like Mali,Niger, Burkini Faso stop dealing with France!

  15. Azerbaijan, Russia.

  16. they should annex dominica and st lucia

  17. France is going to lose all its overseas territory soon.

  18. At a guess, I would say angry people.

  19. If it's criminalsi it's George Soros. If it's freedom seekers against Tyrants oh well.

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