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The West Indies sink into chaos

2021-11-23T20:10:44.071Z


REPORT - Dams paralyze Guadeloupe. In Martinique, the police were targeted by gunfire.


From Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France

In Guadeloupe as in Martinique, the situation has deteriorated further in the past 24 hours.

Closed stores, fluid traffic, far from the usual traffic jams during rush hour: Guadeloupe renews with an atmosphere of confinement.

"We are obliged to take

alternative

routes, or even ter,"

smiles Marie, nurse, who has just crossed the Pliane dam, at the exit of the tourist town of Gosier.

“For me it has always gone well, but I know that for some colleagues it has not. 

She sets off again, her eyes riveted on her GPS application, which indicates the current roadblocks:

"Sometimes, we go through improbable paths."

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Guadeloupe: the executive under pressure, Lecornu in the sights

Tuesday morning, the Pliane dam was reconstituted: accumulation of rocks and scrap, branches, tires inflamed an umpteenth time, despite a much quieter night than the previous ones, according to the prefecture.

Around the barricade, men, women too, flags planted on the bus shelter:

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Source: lefigaro

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