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French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique: Ministers Appointed For Skills Or As Tokens?
globalvoicesonline.org 5 days, 11 hours agoBefore his election as the 24th President of the French Republic, left-wing candidate Francois Hollande , had promised a new government with two specificities: an equal number of women and men and ministers - and from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. With a great majority of voters for candidate Hollande in the presidential elections hailing from the overseas regions, French-Caribbean bloggers were impatient to see which French Guyanese, Martinican or Guadeloupean politicians would be assigned a key gov
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Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana: Is “Miss Black France” Acceptable?
globalvoicesonline.org 3 weeks, 5 days agoWhile French people are still in the midst of the presidential elections with its second round coming up on May 5-6th 2012, another vote buzzed last week: the “ Miss Black France ” [fr] contest. The home page of the event scheduled on Saturday April 28, 2012, says [fr]: The Official Poster of Miss Black France The “About” section of the Facebook page [fr] of the contest explains: Les jeunes femmes noires vont enfin avoir leur élection. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui très peu représentée en France , et en tout cas pas


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