Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia (Martinique Guadeloupe Dominica & St Lucia)
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) — France's overseas minister is in Martinique to help the French Caribbean island revive its tourism industry, slammed by a monthlong labor strike earlier this year.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Blogger Imaniyé from Martinique reports the creation of a Facebook group [Fr] by people who are eager to defend the rights of Martinicans to comb their hair as they want and above all to twist it into dreadlocks, without being discriminated against.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Martinican MontrayKreyol discusses the popular debates [Fr] over the change of institutional status of Martinique as a French overseas department.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Repeating Islands notes that the French Overseas Territories “are to vote on more autonomy in January 2010.”
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Repeating Islands republishes writer Raphaël Confiant's account of his experience of “physical aggression at a service station in Martinique.”
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Repeating Islands features Leïla Bizet and her bèlè, “a traditional folk dance practiced on islands like Dominica, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, and Martinique; hailing from the days of slavery, it has become a time-honored symbol of African legacy.”
Airline News & Opinions (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Since 4th July 2009, the airline based in Canada, Air Canada operated non-stop flight from Montreal to Fort-de-France in Martinique. Air Canada flight from Montreal to Martinique will be on board of the Airbus A319 which has a capacity of 120 passengers. Air Canada Airbus A319 which will operate the flights from Montreal to Martinique [...]
AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Air Canada today inaugurates the only scheduled non-stop service between Montréal and Fort-de-France, Martinique. The weekly service will be initially offered on Saturdays during the summer...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced greater autonomy for the island of Martinique, four months after the end of a six-week general strike on the Caribbean island. I will consult the people of Martinique on the development of the insti...
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy has offered to hold a referendum on greater autonomy for the island of Martinique, one of France's Caribbean territories plagued by unrest earlier this year over commodity shortages and the rising cost of living.
France24 (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is visiting the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, four months after violent protests over rising costs of living. Sarkozy will participate in ongoing negotiations to calm the social strife.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Repeating Islands notes that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to make a trip to Martinique and Guadeloupe later this week “to address overseas ‘issues' after the general strikes” that took place in the French Overseas Territories earlier this year.
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