EVENT INFORMATION

27
March
2017

Pou Lagwiyann dékolé movement begins a general strike

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📅 27 March 2017 📍

The collective movement escalated into a general strike amid long-standing grievances over health care, schools, transport, security, infrastructure and economic opportunity. Local unions, residents, elected officials and community groups demanded state commitments and greater local power over development priorities. The movement rejected the image of French Guiana as a remote administrative outpost and insisted on residents’ right to shape public investment.

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Local union leaders

residents and elected officials

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Pou Lagwiyann dékolé

unions

collectives and local associations