France offers 1 billion euros in aid to French Guiana


  • World
  • Sunday, 02 Apr 2017

PARIS (Reuters) - France offered one billion euros ($1.06 billion) in aid for French Guiana on Saturday after protests swept the French territory in South America in recent days, an official from the Ministry for France's overseas territories said on Saturday.

The plan entails sending extra police forces, creating a tribunal and a jail.

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