French Guiana strikes lifted after aid package agreed with Paris
(The Guardian France)

Deal worth EUR2.21bn brings end to general strike spearheaded by coalition of 37 unions that had brought productivity in the territory to a haltActivists in French Guiana have lifted strikes that crippled the territory for almost a month after the government in Paris pledged an aid package worth billions of euros.A general strike by 37 unions has paralysed the French territory in South America with locals pressing for a `Marshall Plan` along the lines of the huge US economic support given to help western Europe to recover after the second world war. Continue reading...