Why does France still have a South American Territory? - History of French Guiana

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Why does France still have a South American Territory? - History of French Guiana

French Guiana is a little piece of France that's located in South America. It's officially known as an overseas department and region of France, which means it's basically just like any other region of France, just on a different continent. Plus, it's got an interesting history with France, so it just makes sense for it to still be considered a part of the country.

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Greetings from French Guiana ! 🇬🇫 🇫🇷

God, the tone used in this video makes it sound like hell over here...when it's really not.

Yes, we have our share of struggles. But to be fair, we boast both the highest GDP per capita in South America and the lowest crime rate in the region.

And very few people are actually in favor of independance although we are seeking more autonomy from the mainland. Cheers !

thibault
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Arrives, destroys your outpost, leaves, refuses to elaborate further - Portuguese Gigachads.

Daniele-PierreDuLac
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Despite the big territory (if compared to metropolitan France) French Guyana has only about 300 000 people. That's less than most of the other overseas departments of France like Réunion, Guadeloupe or Martinique

thadsul
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Oddly enough - France's longest border with any country is in fact there - in Guyana, with Brazil

matijas
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France has territory in North America too. Saint-Pierre and Miqueleon near Newfoundland.

mrmikemrmike
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As far as I know, people of 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.

ivanpetro
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Let's be clear about French Guiana. This is the place which had a savage penal colony on an island off its coast called Devil's Island. The penal colony was depicted in a film called 'Papillion' based on the experiences of a convict called Henri Charriere and shows the harsh penalty of guillotine. French Guiana is also the home of the European Space Agency, a rather more positive site.

henryfitch
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Gotta love it. Not even 1h out and the first predictable comments arrive. No, French guyana is not a colony, its a full part of France. Inhabitants there hold the same rights and duties as any normal citizen and enjoy the same (waning)privileges. get that "waah yurup bad" shit out.

simsportif
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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.

jtinalexandria
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France actually shares the longest land border with BRAZIL

boiseboi
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The cultural diversity (natives people, descendants of african slaves, hmong from Laos, European expats, Brazilians immigrants and so on) of this "small" département is incredible. It's like if America, Europe, Africa and Asia were condensed in the amazonian jungle.

mecha-sheep
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I'd love to see a video about St Helena. The British Island where Napoleon was exiled and died. Most of my family is from there, its a beautiful island 🏝

MassEffect
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Because 70% of locals voted against more autonomy let alone independence in 2010?

AlexC-ouju
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I'd really love to visit French Guiana sometime. I used to boast as an EU citizen I could probably live there no hassle. Then Brexit happened and my dreams of ease were crushed.

jamesh
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To be fair to the people of French Guiana, if the autonomy on the independence of the Philippines were voted on today, the Filipinos would opt to stay with Spain. I'm pretty sure you can say the same for many former colonies.

AMNG
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Nice video! I always wondered about this country. Thanks!

MrSupernova
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France has in fact territories in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Oceania and Antarctica ! The only territory where it has no foothold remaining is Asia.

arthur__lt
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If they can not sustain themselves what's the benefitt in breaking away from France

radomirratkovic
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I love the video by talking about the history of French Guiana! Im glad that u kinda mentioned the Hmong refugees, who came from Laos, to escape from the Lao communist forces and to find refuge in French Guiana. Keep up the great work on making these videos 💯

HychaThao
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To train the Foreign Legion in jungle warfare .

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