2024-10-11 14:20:00
Protest actions continue as part of the mobilization against the high cost of living. Because on this Caribbean island the difference in food prices with France is around 40%.
“If we want, we can. We can improve the situation in the Antilles, all it takes is political will.assures Pierre, former postal manager. Like him, many inhabitants of Fort-de-France are expressing their anger today. Since the beginning of the school year, protests against price differences with the continent have multiplied in <a href="http://www.time.news/she-belonged-to-another-world-guadeloupe-writer-maryse-conde-has-died-2024-04-07-141831/" title="She belonged to another world. Guadeloupe writer Maryse Condé has died
– 2024-04-07 14:18:31″>Martinique. At the origin of the movement: the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources (RPPRAC), an association from Martinique which this summer launched a campaign to denounce the high cost of living on social networks.
The pressure gradually increased. On September 1, several hundred people took to the streets at the call of the RPPRAC in Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion. Hammered to the beat of the drums, the protesters’ slogan is clear and clear: “Lowest prices!”. Since then, Martinican activists have tried to make themselves heard in the large-scale retail sector…
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