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[edit] someone thought

I thought that Greenland was considered part of America, and thus the largest area outside Europe that is member of the European Union (since it is part of Denmark and Denmark is participating in the European Union).

Except that Greenland is not part of the EU. See the article Greenland. Morwen 10:54, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC)
That's what I recall as well, but I cannot find it mentioned in the Greenland article. There it only says that Greenland has a large degree of autonomy from Denmark, but does not mention the EU at all. andy 10:57, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Quote from Enlargement_of_the_European_Union wiki article:

The Danish dependency Greenland was an integral part of Denmark when the country joined in 1973. In 1979 Greenland was granted home rule and following a local referendum it left the European Community, on February 1, 1985. The EC was the predecessor of the European Union and Greenland is unique as an example of a territory having left the organization. Greenland is unlikely to ever rejoin as it becomes increasingly independent, leading to closer integration with its geographical North American neighbours.

--83.134.91.216 15:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Precisely! Also worth noting is that in the 1973 referendum on joining the EEC, Greenlandic voters voted against joining, which was the reason why a new one was held after internal autonomy was achieved. //Big Adamsky 04:29, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Improvement Drive

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[edit] End the euphemism!

The article should make mention of the native american people's liberation fight against the french colonizers. It is well-known in Europe that french foreign legion mercenaries are regularly terrorizing guiana indians, who protest against the missile range which pollutes and destroys their natural habitat. It is known there were some sabotage attempts against rocketry.

The article should also make it clear that Guiana is a colony, no matter what France declares it, because of the 1960 UN decision and the natives natural right for freedom and self-determination in their own ancient land. Thus Guyana is no different from occupied palestinian territories or Puert Rico.

  • According to its institutions, Guiana is not more a French colony than would be Hawaii to the US. This is far to be the case of Puerto Rico, and even less of the occupied palestinian territories. 02:07, 10 january 2006 (CET).
Only the whites (people who came from France and EU) have institutions and rights, the native american guyanans are not represented at all, they have no citizenship, their villages were demolished to make more and more space for the missile range, they are regularly harassed by legionarries and suffer all the environmental destruction caused by rocketry. The european space programme is built upon the opression and suffering of an entire nation! Me, a Hungarian is totally ashamed over how our EU, the "humane" and "environmentally friendly" EU exports the mess of our space programme. This is just like USA in the 1950s which exported H-bomb testing and had the polinesian people suffer radiation. This shows the caucasian race still considers the colored aboriginals lesser than humans and there is no difference between yankee, britons and frenchies in race arrogance.
There should be a spaceport built on continental european soil and we the EU people should bear is internationally recognised, and should be enforced. But freeing Guiana from foreign settlers would mean expelling about 90% of the population. Anyway, there is no more, and rather less "fight for freedom" by Indians in Guiana than say in the US.
- It is the very first time I've heard of French Foreign Legion harrassing the Indians in Guiana, and I am quite surprised, since they are not stationned in the areas where most Indians live. Off course such information is bound to be much better spread in Hungary than in the racialist totalitarian state where I live, namely France.
I admit I cannot be perfectly objective, but I believe you are not perfectly informed.
Wow...ignorance really runs deep in these still waters. This guy is calling Guyana a colony ? It's obvious he knows nothing about modern-day Guyana, nor how the former colonies were run. I really wish people like this would all figure out how ignorant they are, and stop polluting wikipedia.
  • this reminds me of what i've heard about the french in vietnam.

Gringo300 10:12, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Name, why I instead of Y?

Why is the name not spelled as French Guyana?

It can be spelled that way. (with the I or the Y) Swannie 19:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

But why the inconsistency with British Guyana? Especially puzzling since the French themselves appear to be using a "y". Appears to be more of an affectation. Ondundozonananandana (talk) 11:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Vector for alcoholism"?

Fellow Members clube we've got ours. I'd like to introduce you to our host. He got his. And i got mine. We've got DECLINATION. I don't understand the sentence under Politics:

Illegal gold mining generates pollution, especially by mercury, and is also a vector for alcoholism and sexually-transmitted diseases.

I wasn't aware that alcoholism was communicable. Isn't that the meaning of vector? --TreyHarris 21:37, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I removed the statement. It is ambiguous and inaccurate. Mwentwo1 15:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] land area

If French Guiana is considered an integral departement of France and part of the EU, as this article indicates, does that mean that its land area and population are counted into the offical land area and population of France itself? rvinall 21:40, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Of course they are...--Stormy Ordos 12:48, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History Improvements?

Doesn't that history section need improvement? Teh Pampas Cat

[edit] Dead link ?

The external link to Kwata.org is broken. The site has been down for some times now. I didn't remove it, but maybe it's should be considered after some time if the site isn't back ?

I updated the population est. with 2006 figures, added an internal link to Malia Metella page and added an external link to some high quality ressources (thesis, scientific papers, reports on topics such as ethnology, linguistic, fauna, flora, environmentals issues in French Guiana.) Sergi973 00:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Currency?

I noticed that this article did not state the currency of French Guiana. What is it?

Not stated for the same reason that the articles on Normandy or Paris don't state the currency. It's part of France, hence uses the euro. Vicki Rosenzweig 02:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

i thought it was a little strange how it didn't really describe French Guiana. Why is that??

[edit] Language?

Which one is the official language of French Guiana? and the one that is spoken the most? --201.217.81.194 01:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

French constitution says that the only official language of the republic is french and Guiana is a full part of the republic. French is certainly the most spoken language, but some other languages are often used : Creole, Taki-Taki, Portuguese, Dutch and amerindian languages. --PoM 09:45, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Also some Hmong speakers. Vicki Rosenzweig 02:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed WikiProject

In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on South America at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#South America whose scope would include French Guiana. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 17:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Last big colony

After the XX Century decolonization movement, French Guiana remained the last big mainland european colony in the world. I think the article should address that a little more, being as it is an unique characteristic. --Damifb 21:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, French Guiana (la Guyane française) is a part of France and not a mere colony. --LordEnzo (talk) 22:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

...but it became a part of France through a process generally known as colonization. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.225.13.222 (talk) 21:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Regardless of how French Guiana came to be a part of France, it no longer figures on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories and as such cannot be said to be a colony. 66.130.156.84 (talk) 06:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Someone wrote:

Chickens are FUNNY

At the end of the history section. Consider locking this article, seems like we are having problems here.

Someone even wrote:

Fellow Members clube we've got ours. I'd like to introduce you to our host. He got his. And i got mine. We've got DECLINATION.

Within this discussion page under the Vector for alcoholism section, which described other vandalism


[edit] French Guiana in the Dutch Empire

Hello everyone! There is a discussion at Talk:Dutch Empire#Request For Comment: Map, because user Red4tribe has made a map of the Dutch Empire (Image:Dutch Empire 4.png) that includes significative parts of French Guiana. Would you like to comment? Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 15:21, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

New Map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dutch_Empire_new.PNG http://www.colonialvoyage.com/ square=tradingpost (Red4tribe (talk) 16:37, 26 April 2008 (UTC))

Still OR, POV and unsourced (yours is not not a credible source). Please discuss stuff at Talk:Dutch Empire#Request For Comment: Map. This was just a request for comment, not a discussion. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 16:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

http://www.colonialvoyage.com/
http://www.colonialvoyage.com/biblioDAfrica.html (credible source) (Red4tribe (talk) 16:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC))