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| Britons flee Guadeloupe as rioters turn on white families |
| 2009-02-21 |
| Britons are among thousands of tourists fleeing Guadeloupe after full scale urban warfare erupted on the French Caribbean island. Trouble broke out on the island earlier last month after protesters began rioting over high prices and low wages. But the situation escalated this week after protesters began turning on rich white families as they demanded an end to colonial control of the economy. The troubles come at the height of the holiday season, with thousands of mainly British, French and American tourists on the paradise tropical island. Protesters were now targeting 'all white people', with the media in mainland France describing the situation as virtual civil war'. Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters are roaming the streets of the capital Point-a-Pitre, looting shops and restaurants, burning cars and vandalising public buildings. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #14 Yeah, damn racists cancelling their holidays. They need to come to Guadeloupe and get their asses beat while on holiday! Friggin racist whiteys. (sarc/off) |
| Posted by: Unens McGurque aka Broadhead6 2009-02-21 21:09 |
| #13 People are not only cancelling this week, but also for all the months of February, March and April. We have a huge deficit of tourists ahead of us. At least 10,000 tourists have cancelled vacations in Martinique and Guadeloupe.' Racists! |
| Posted by: charger 2009-02-21 15:22 |
| #12 Sure, the violence will totally trash the tourist trade for Bog knows how many seasons, but on the other hand, it is courageous of the Guadeloupers to hold this conversation about race relations. Right, Mr. Holder? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-02-21 13:05 |
| #11 Island residents send millions of dollars home from white majority France. Those transfers can be halted if this ingratitude escalates. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Greash5374 2009-02-21 11:00 |
| #10 They seem to forget that there are other, much more placid destinations in the neighborhood who would love to have the business. I mean, sure, the baguettes won't be as "authentique", but I'm sure most of the tourists wouldn't know the difference anyway. Come to think of it, the baguettes may become a thing of the past, if Haiti is any guide. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-02-21 10:50 |
| #9 Guadeloupe is a French overseas department ruled directly from Paris Is there any local control, or are all decisions made in Paris? Anybody know? |
| Posted by: mom 2009-02-21 10:19 |
| #8 Another 3rd world hell-hole coming to a continent near you! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-02-21 09:02 |
| #7 It's not racism when Marxists do it. /sarc off |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-02-21 08:01 |
| #6 Sorry, no sympathy for the Poms. You have to "know when to hold em - know when to fold em." Next time mind the football team. Mind the bloody football team. If you wait until no one will buy your flat or you've waited until the shooting starts, well, you've waited too bloody long! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-21 07:47 |
| #5 "Robbing Everyone to Economic success" only makes sense to Marxists and other tyrants. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-02-21 07:37 |
| #4 "Kill all the white people!" worked so well in Haiti. |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-02-21 07:08 |
| #3 and this isn't racist because... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-02-21 04:56 |
| #2 maybe Al Sharpie can fly down there and shame the wealthy white tourists into returning, because after all whitey had to do something to deserve this. |
| Posted by: Unens McGurque aka Broadhead6 2009-02-21 01:27 |
| #1 "We have a huge deficit of tourists ahead of us. At least 10,000 tourists have cancelled vacations in Martinique and Guadeloupe." Congratulations, You don't like "high prices and low wages"? Howzabout higher prices and NO wages? Go ahead - turn another nice tourist destination into a socialist hellhole, you "revolutionary" idiots - I'm sure Fidel and Hugo will help you out. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-21 00:27 |