Today, France is still an occupying country that has taken over other countries with military might, Deputy of the National Assembly of the French Republic (French Guiana’s 1st constituency) Jean-Victor Castor said at the event “Towards the complete elimination of colonialism,” organized in Baku by the Center for Analysis of International Relations within the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, Ednews informs.
He noted that France plundered all the natural resources of Guiana: “Today people live there in poverty. The number of people living in poverty has increased from 30 to 50%.”
The MP stressed that France refuses to recognize the regional languages of its overseas territories, only French is allowed.
He added that French Guiana is now the only country in Latin America that is not independent.