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Added on the 07/10/2022 18:26:06 - Copyright : France 24 EN
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in French Guiana for a two-day visit to the suffering South American territory, which is pushing for increased autonomy from Paris and voted overwhelmingly for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the 2022 election. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne boards a boat to visit a river checkpoint and the remote village of Opoya-Taluen in French Guiana, as part of a New Year visit to highlight the French authorities' fight against illegal mining in this overseas territory. IMAGES
French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. IMAGES
On the base of the GIGN, the gendarmerie's elite tactical unit, in Versailles-Satory, near Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour to Major Arnaud Blanc, an elite French gendarme who was killed in French Guiana, an overseas territory of France in South America, while taking part in an operation to combat illegal gold mining. IMAGES
Images show the launch of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou in French Guiana. The mission is the 18th Vega mission and the first since a failed Vega launch in November, in which satellites for France and Spain were lost. IMAGES
The Vega rocket launches from Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket has two satellites on board for observing the Earth and natural phenomena, according to the video broadcast of the launch. IMAGES