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After a weekend of violence, Guadeloupe on the verge of conflagration

2021-11-21T19:28:19.928Z


REPORT - The anti-vaccine protest movement has degenerated. Barricades and looting scenes multiply.


Pointe-a-Pitre

With the start of the week, this day of Monday will look like a test for the protest movement that set Guadeloupe ablaze last week. But also for the police, mobilized in numbers this weekend: 2,250 police and gendarmes are present on the territory. Almost a week after the start of the general mobilization, the unions of Guadeloupe seem to be overwhelmed: the barricades are now held by people of all stripes and each night is tense, with its share of fires, looting and destruction. 'arrests. The firefighters and nursing staff of Guadeloupe refractory to the vaccine obligation had yet announced an indefinite strike.

Under the aegis of the General Union of Workers of Guadeloupe (UGTG), they launched a general mobilization against the law of August 5, and especially the contract suspensions of those who would not be resolved to "take the vaccine", as they say on the island.

From the first days the tone has

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Source: lefigaro

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