Why does France still have a South American Territory? - History of French Guiana
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French Guiana, despite boasting the highest GDP/per capita in South America, has one of the worst living standard in the Americas, rivalling only Bolivia, Paraguay and maybe some Central American states despite superior GDP. Hell why so many former French colonies hate France and, given Frances failure to improve French Guiana, you should expect Frances fragility in the future. Corsica, for example, had recently witnessed a rebellion over accusation that France exploited the territory. Who knows?\r\n
Date: 2023-12-16
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-nativepinoyviands
Do not go to independence because a lot of corrupt and greedy people making your country worst it is very good to tie as a french national. dont be like us in Phillipines were so many greed and corrupt people who pursue independence in U. S. A. now we are bullying by the Chinese if the independence didnt pursue we are U. S. A Nationals with U. S. A dollar as currency and one of the richest economy in Asia because the U. S. A will gave us a fund for Economy and Military. shit that greedy patriot on commonwealth era they think they are intelligent but they are not futurist.
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Do not go to independence because a lot of corrupt and greedy people making your country worst it is very good to tie as a french national. dont be like us in Phillipines were so many greed and corrupt people who pursue independence in U. S. A. now we are bullying by the Chinese if the independence didnt pursue we are U. S. A Nationals with U. S. A dollar as currency and one of the richest economy in Asia because the U. S. A will gave us a fund for Economy and Military. shit that greedy patriot on commonwealth era they think they are intelligent but they are not futurist.
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-mirirexhepi1252
France is called differently Galia and they invented a port to all world and they called Portogalia with different accents of Latin language and from there from they did many things in different countries and places of the world blaming Portugal. But the reality is they-re taking all the profits. how possible country like Portugal had all this power and colonialism without the French behind I don-t think so. So Portugal = France just business and politics.
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France is called differently Galia and they invented a port to all world and they called Portogalia with different accents of Latin language and from there from they did many things in different countries and places of the world blaming Portugal. But the reality is they-re taking all the profits. how possible country like Portugal had all this power and colonialism without the French behind I don-t think so. So Portugal = France just business and politics.
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-romeobravo2023
We live in France and for years have used the Royal British Legion to import our poppies for the November end of WW1 commemoration event. Last year however their internet site refused to list France as a country I could get a delivery made to. On querying this I was told that since Brexit no deliveries would be made to the EU. Funny how it was still possible for me to export poppies to French Guiana which is still part of the EU.
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We live in France and for years have used the Royal British Legion to import our poppies for the November end of WW1 commemoration event. Last year however their internet site refused to list France as a country I could get a delivery made to. On querying this I was told that since Brexit no deliveries would be made to the EU. Funny how it was still possible for me to export poppies to French Guiana which is still part of the EU.
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knowledgia
It-s not the americas, it-s America the continent. We here in America know that there are two areas foreigners have remained on our lands- Guyana and the US. Guyana cos their roots are French and the US whose roots are British. Our roots are actually from here in America as we have indigenous roots. It is no wonder why in all of America, the two areas who are sort of outcasts are Guyana and up in the northern region the US and Canada.
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It-s not the americas, it-s America the continent. We here in America know that there are two areas foreigners have remained on our lands- Guyana and the US. Guyana cos their roots are French and the US whose roots are British. Our roots are actually from here in America as we have indigenous roots. It is no wonder why in all of America, the two areas who are sort of outcasts are Guyana and up in the northern region the US and Canada.
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-jtinalexandria
The video doesn't sufficiently explain what an -overseas department of France- is. It's a part of France just like any other region of European (-Metropolitan-) France except that it's in South America. It's not officially a territory, a colony, or a possession but according to the law of France, is as much a part of the country as Paris.
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The video doesn't sufficiently explain what an -overseas department of France- is. It's a part of France just like any other region of European (-Metropolitan-) France except that it's in South America. It's not officially a territory, a colony, or a possession but according to the law of France, is as much a part of the country as Paris.
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knowledgia
If with the same history this ''colony'' was American or British and the creator of this video a french guy, the content of this video will have been 90% about Black slaves in that Guyana but especially about the horrible penal history of that guyana. Lol. Objectivity (or is it objectiveness) is not part of french DNA.
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If with the same history this ''colony'' was American or British and the creator of this video a french guy, the content of this video will have been 90% about Black slaves in that Guyana but especially about the horrible penal history of that guyana. Lol. Objectivity (or is it objectiveness) is not part of french DNA.
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-vanbilly8387
Spanish/Portuguese colonization/decimation/genocide throughout South America, Central America, Mexico and much of the US is a subject not taught in US schools, or discussed by liberals, when they're describing hispanics as a -minority- and calling them a -oppressed- victim group. Reality is quite the opposite.
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Spanish/Portuguese colonization/decimation/genocide throughout South America, Central America, Mexico and much of the US is a subject not taught in US schools, or discussed by liberals, when they're describing hispanics as a -minority- and calling them a -oppressed- victim group. Reality is quite the opposite.
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-user-pb4gl5dh4p
The video shows us a map of Africa with the comment -from the sixteenth century the French manage to seize territories in Africa- It is false the first commercial counters in Africa date from the mid-eighteenth century. And colonization in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century.
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The video shows us a map of Africa with the comment -from the sixteenth century the French manage to seize territories in Africa- It is false the first commercial counters in Africa date from the mid-eighteenth century. And colonization in Africa in the mid-nineteenth century.
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-PhoenixBeI
Land free to be taken? Really? You mean stealing, no matter the cost to the local population. Many massacres took place around the world because it was -free to take. - Same mentality that considered people from Africa -free to take. -
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Land free to be taken? Really? You mean stealing, no matter the cost to the local population. Many massacres took place around the world because it was -free to take. - Same mentality that considered people from Africa -free to take. -
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knowledgia
F the French and any colonizers that came and did horrific things to my people. Those places should have banned there customs and ways. Unfortunately they lost their heritage and native tongue due to those who came and destroyed us
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F the French and any colonizers that came and did horrific things to my people. Those places should have banned there customs and ways. Unfortunately they lost their heritage and native tongue due to those who came and destroyed us
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-romiframika477
Orang Eropa Barat.
Manusia penjajah dari dulu sampai sekarang. Kami orang asia indo. Tidak menyukai orang Eropa Barat. Khusus nya Inggris belanda Perancis jerman dan keturunan orang2 Inggris. Kalian manusia penjajah.
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Orang Eropa Barat.
Manusia penjajah dari dulu sampai sekarang. Kami orang asia indo. Tidak menyukai orang Eropa Barat. Khusus nya Inggris belanda Perancis jerman dan keturunan orang2 Inggris. Kalian manusia penjajah.
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-rexracernj7696
I'd say a good solution would be to allow lots of creole-speaking Haitians to migrate there (Haiti has far too many people, where the land, climate, & farm potential is familiar to them, then make it independent.
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I'd say a good solution would be to allow lots of creole-speaking Haitians to migrate there (Haiti has far too many people, where the land, climate, & farm potential is familiar to them, then make it independent.
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-laudio488
What a nice way to say 'colony'. Territory, really? - There are those who label it differently, adding some 'complicated' science & research BS. The (im)moral driving forces remain the same. As do the objectives. -
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What a nice way to say 'colony'. Territory, really? - There are those who label it differently, adding some 'complicated' science & research BS. The (im)moral driving forces remain the same. As do the objectives. -
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-oliversherman2414
Can you maybe do a video about why Britain still owns Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Saint Helena, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda? (I forgot the names of the other territories)
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Can you maybe do a video about why Britain still owns Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Saint Helena, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda? (I forgot the names of the other territories)
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knowledgia
I once ordered a set of beetle specimens from Entimo-source in French Guiana of the worlds largest type,
Titanus giganteus 15-16 centimeters. Thank you for those, I donated to a museum collection.
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I once ordered a set of beetle specimens from Entimo-source in French Guiana of the worlds largest type,
Titanus giganteus 15-16 centimeters. Thank you for those, I donated to a museum collection.
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-BA-mv8pp
I forget the exact detail, but counting various states and territories, maritime boundaries, etc france controls the most time zones and geography in the world.
Hmm, that's not insidious at all.
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I forget the exact detail, but counting various states and territories, maritime boundaries, etc france controls the most time zones and geography in the world.
Hmm, that's not insidious at all.
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knowledgia
Great to see this video was made. I didn't even know as a person who is interested very much in geography that france shares a long border with Brazil until recently.
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Great to see this video was made. I didn't even know as a person who is interested very much in geography that france shares a long border with Brazil until recently.
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-pauvermelho
8: 36 - -A 2010 referendum put a stop to the movement with a vote against autonomy- -
French Guiana: No
France: oh shuut. we can't get rid of that
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8: 36 - -A 2010 referendum put a stop to the movement with a vote against autonomy- -
French Guiana: No
France: oh shuut. we can't get rid of that
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-adamradziwill
French Guiana have full French citizenship, they vote in French elections, so it's not a real colony today. They even use the Euro as currency.
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French Guiana have full French citizenship, they vote in French elections, so it's not a real colony today. They even use the Euro as currency.
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knowledgia
That's curious. Noting about the large black population of french guyana, how they arrived there and what they were used for all those centuries.
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That's curious. Noting about the large black population of french guyana, how they arrived there and what they were used for all those centuries.
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-bigfenix8272
-- -A tough ride for Texans still- totally ignoring it's one of (if not THE) most powerful states in the most powerful nation on Earth -
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-- -A tough ride for Texans still- totally ignoring it's one of (if not THE) most powerful states in the most powerful nation on Earth -
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-robert9016
You called it guinea several times at the end of the video- just a heads up. It-s Guiane! Pronounced like guyana without the a at the end
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You called it guinea several times at the end of the video- just a heads up. It-s Guiane! Pronounced like guyana without the a at the end
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-SwimBodyEVill
Wasn-t Louisiana sold by Napoleon to Jefferson in the early 1800s? This piece says it was given up in the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
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Wasn-t Louisiana sold by Napoleon to Jefferson in the early 1800s? This piece says it was given up in the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
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-vintageguitarz1
South America was a very far away French could hide when they FREQUENTLY SURRENDER, as they have for the last few centuries.
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South America was a very far away French could hide when they FREQUENTLY SURRENDER, as they have for the last few centuries.
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-luanrochaguerra
Why doesn't France just sell it to Brazil? It makes no sense for France to have a territory down here in the 21st century
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Why doesn't France just sell it to Brazil? It makes no sense for France to have a territory down here in the 21st century
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-Shave-ice
Because France can have territory. Stop making it seem like France is still a colonial power. They claimed that so let it be.
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Because France can have territory. Stop making it seem like France is still a colonial power. They claimed that so let it be.
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-gringologie9302
Anglophone world seems fully interested in dismantling France. What can't you understand by referendum voted by people?
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Anglophone world seems fully interested in dismantling France. What can't you understand by referendum voted by people?
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-goshu7009
Why does France still have a South American Territory?
Why we use English as International language?
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Why does France still have a South American Territory?
Why we use English as International language?
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-knav5216
Sucks to be french. They always got whopped. Even during the world wars, they got whooped pretty bad. -
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Sucks to be french. They always got whopped. Even during the world wars, they got whooped pretty bad. -
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