Les Antilles: Troubles In Outremer
Posted by on 14/03/09
According to the latest AFP dispatches, the situation in the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe appears to be settling down after their winter of discontent. These French overseas departments, known by the old Crusader term of Outremer that was first applied to the Holy Land, are remnants of a French Caribbean presence [...]
Irish, American, and Errant European, Gerald Loftus was a diplomat from 1979 to 2002, and worked in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Settled in Brussels, his blog “Avuncular American” looks at America and the world from Europe.