Why is French Guiana Still a Part of France?

[@xp_studios7804]

Interesting how decolonization for most means gaining independence but for French Guiana it was full and equal integration into France

[@antoniocampen]

france never really decolonized, only southeast asia isnt in some way a colony of france anymore

[@board-qu9iu]

@@antoniocampen Algeria?

[@Rishi123456789]

France, for whatever reason, seemed more reluctant than other European colonial empires (like the British Empire, for example) toward relinquishing its colonies.

[@board-qu9iu]

@@Rishi123456789 Yeah like they had the suez crisis, the vietnam war of independence, and Algeria

[@Rishi123456789]

@@board-qu9iu The Suez crisis was shared between Britain and France, but it was more of a British thing.

[@txtoni32]

Your videos are great and your channel is so underrated thank you for making such informative and interesting videos that are not too long

[@Supalayzee]

Bro, your editing is good, your voice isnt that bad, idk why your channel is still less than 50k (when i typing this comment, obviously)

[@cubeimations2556]

Hi cool video. Love your channel!

[@labnab6764]

cool concept, being born in a latin america but having an opportunity to live/study/work in europe without any complications

[@PH_777]

Very good video !

[@Maxbotnick]

Take a shot every time he says French or France

[@supercookiegameuse2634]

yeah they are outersea territoires we have lots more of those!! also if any french people from french Guyana out there!! we love you!! :) and you too people from the others territories!! exept from brittany. you all should stop whining all the time its annoying. (someone from normandy)

[@DimiiLeMii]

Outer-Sea Departement should be more integrated, maybe even become real Departement I guess. (From Hauts-De-France)

[@supercookiegameuse2634]

@@DimiiLeMii well they are we can't really not make them outersea cause they kind of are far away :^

[@guillaumechevallier2545]

Oooooh trop cool un autre normand!!! T'es d'où mec? ^^ And yeah hail cider, camembert, Pont-l'Évêque (vive E. Graindorge d'ailleurs xD) and the teurgoule, these are freaking delicious!! 😎 Also, Mont-Saint-Michel is definitely in Normandy and not Brittany, no matter how hard the Bretons try to claim it 😤 😤

[@supercookiegameuse2634]

@@guillaumechevallier2545 heu je suis pas un mec XD je viens de moyaux à côté de lisieux

[@guillaumechevallier2545]

@@supercookiegameuse2634 Oh bon c'est presque pareil on est tous des internautes en soit okay? 😭😭 (déso si je t'ai vexé MEUF) Alors je connais pas pas Moyaux chuis désolé mais sur la partie Lisieux je connais bien Livarot + Villers-sur-Mer (c'était là où j'allais en vacances avec ma famille en été, automne, hiver et printemps héhéhé) et Pont-l'Évêque Après perso avec ma famille on est pas vraiment du Calvados mais plus de la Seine-Maritime, principalement à Forges-les-Eaux mais j'ai aussi de la famille a Dieppe (+ qq uns à Caen et Rouen mais c'est des gens que je vois jamais 😂) D'autres dans l'Eure au Vaudreuil (c'est à côté d'Évreux/les Andelys/Louviers) Aussi dans l'Orne à Bellou-le-Trichard (y a moins de 200 habitants je crois) mais c'est tellement au sud de l'Orne que la plus grosse ville proche est sarthoise (la Ferté-Bernard) Mais là en ce moment je obligé d'être en Île-de-France pour finir mon cursus (y en a pas de dispo autre part 😭) et la Normandie me manque 😢 Par contre je t'avouerai que j'ai été agréablement surpris que tu répondes à mon message à genre 4h30 du mat 😂🤣 GG à toi c'était stylé xDD

[@khada6226]

French guiana: i wanna leave France: then sign this agreement that most of our aftican colonies sign before getting independence French guiana: i change my mind sugar daddy

[@glenags]

As well as New Calledonia

[@RoccosVideos]

Yes, when you tell people France borders Brazil they don’t usually believe you.

[@DimiiLeMii]

And that we share the biggest border with them. (our biggest border is Brazil, not even Germany or Italy)

[@brandonlyon730]

@@DimiiLeMii What about Spain?

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@brandonlyon730 It's still falls short.

[@Mill_Jr]

​@@DimiiLeMii France is the one that makes every World cup winners be physically connected. Brazil borders Argentina, Uruguay and France, and France borders Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany and if you count the Eurotunnel as a border, so France borders England too

[@elbentos7803]

@@Mill_Jr ... As well as having a land border with Low Countries on Saint Martin/Marteen island.

[@eyalrephaeli6833]

French Guiana is relatively successful compared to it's British(Guyana) and Dutch(Suriname) counterparts. mostly since they're independent states whose citizens can't receive benefits straight from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, or vote in their elections.

[@shauncameron8390]

French Guiana is successful only because France subsidizes it.

[@bucktooth002]

British & Dutch had nothing but exclusively slaves.

[@jayrockstedy9890]

Yea.. Guyana is poised to be the richest country in the world by gdp per capita and the British ain't getting shit lol It's now 9300 that stats he put up was 2019

[@catarinav7947]

@@jayrockstedy9890 41% of the population of Guyana lived below the poverty line. Guyana is literal dump.

[@oo--7714]

@@jayrockstedy9890 no now it 17k same as Poland in 2022

[@Joridiy]

Love how many commenters here can't assimilate the concept of an overseas territory being an integral part of another country and that not everything separated by water is a colony. Everybody like "they bairnwashed them to think they're french, poor colonized colony" but when it comes to Hawaii, Galapagos, Ryuukyuu, Christmas Islands or Niue, they all are like "totally part of the country, no difference".

[@handywijaya3689]

10000% agreed. Already tired with these bozos who didn't understand a bit about French Guinea nor how France handle it's overseas territories Independence referendum on these territories are very transparent that the UN itself praise France for it and if indeed the locals are being discriminated nor receive unfair treatment, the doors are wide opened. France have held 3 referendums in French Guinea and the result is the same. The majority prefer to stay within France. No need to be an autonomous region, nor being independent

[@ricotaline]

@@handywijaya3689 France was more democratice with its own population than Bruxelles was with Irish people ^^ (If you get it, you're a bro)

[@ririlielie]

@@ricotaline is it because of the EU and the treaty of Lisbonne that Irish refused in 2007 ?

[@wikirexmax]

@@ricotaline Victimhood complex?

[@TheLaurieJi]

For real. They seem to not grasp the fact that even though these territories are past colonies, there are now considered French territories. People there are born French and have every single of their rights equal to these born on the mainland. They can vote for every single elections. Of course, they suffer from the insulariry as prices are way higher than in the mainland. And you don't have advanced infrastructure to allow effective ways of transportation. And the jobs opportunities are lower. Children have to go to the mainland if they want access to Engineer School or other private school or fields that won't have enough applicants on the islands. Bonus, as French, you get European citizenship and access to any European countries without a visa and with the same currency. It was great to go to Portugal and having to pay nothing outside of my plane ticket. And cost of life in Portugal is lower than in France, it would be higher in other countries but it still great.

[@oblivion4924]

French Guiana is,imo, the best place to be born in South America French and EU citizenship, ability to live in mainland Europe, stability, etc etc

[@bababababababa6124]

Other than Chile then yeah

[@praumat744]

I mean, probably one of the worst place to be in France due to the fact to be one of the least stable place of France, but probably better than in the neighboring countries

[@DimiiLeMii]

@@praumat744 free healthcare system still is pog. Tho french OuterSeas Départements probably needs to be talk about more, we talk about 'em on tv like twice a year when disasters or referendum happens.

[@nicocola284]

@@DimiiLeMii c oversea en anglais

[@Floweij]

Ikr, im so glad i was born there

[@truecerium4924]

It might also be worthwhile to mention that FG is also used for training soldiers of the French foreign legion. It has been used amongst others for the same reasons it has been used for prisoners: deserters didn’t made it far

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

well deserting the french foreign legion doesn't really make a lot of sense in the first place: you go because you want to, no one's forcing you. and if you're too weak / undisciplined to be a good soldier, they will kick you out. i don't think there is any desertions nowadays.

[@truecerium4924]

@@Lapantouflemagic0 well, I say how it is, not the reasoning; soldiers desert for multiple reasons, in FG the circumstances led some to that: to evade strong discipline, bad living conditions and most important the lure of gold

[@gengis737]

Legion was traditionally trained in North Africa until independence of Africa. Then they moved to Corsica, perhaps to catch deserters easily, but also because you have a combination of low population, steep moutains and sea to train. FG is used to train French units in tropical condition and jungle. Also, elite forces are used to keep the surrounding of the rocket launcher safe.

[@truecerium4924]

@@gengis737 the 3rd regiment of the legion is stationed there permanently, they "entertain" the jungle welfare training, protect (as you pointed out) the space centre at Kourou and also the Guinian part of the Amazon jungle

[@Ajclz]

Yeah, they do a lot of exercises and training together with the brazilian army

[@mrarthur7179]

Fun Fact: Did you know that in the 1960s Brazil planned to invade and annex French Guiana? The plan was to launch a joint attack by paratroopers, infantry and air force while the Brazilian navy would prevent the arrival of French reinforcements on the continent. The motivation for this invasion would be the accusations that resources in the northeast of Brazil were being smuggled to French Guiana and from there sent to France. The beginning of the 1960s was also a period of deterioration in relations between Brazil and France. The invasion plan was personally made by Brazilian President Jânio Quadros, however it never got off the ground because Jânio Quadros resigned and the plan did not even reach the command of the armed forces. In 1964, a military coup takes place in Brazil with US support. From then on, relations between Brazil and France would return to normal.

[@Natk0]

Fortunately, nothing happened. Because it was in 1960 that France got the nuclear bomb, and the French nuclear doctrine at that time was "never again, you invade us, we bomb all this shit". And I'm definitely not sure that De Gaulle would have been a president willing to calm the game down.

[@DEVS_VLTIMA]

Globalism.

[@ems7623]

Interesting. I missed that detail of history. I don't think they would have necessarily done well inside Brazil. However, the Guianas, in general, just aren't thriving in their present condition whatsoever either. I've grown to be far less romantic about independence movements since my youth. There's plenty to criticize in imperialism, sure. No reasonable person supports that way of thinking or operating anymore. But how many independence movements have actually led to greater prosperity for the people? Only Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE, Kuwait .... The rest are either suffering under corruption and squalor or are relatively unchanged in their overall economic outlook. Just a thought that your comment sparked.

[@arakami8547]

@@ems7623 The British Empire was generally positive, bar India; most of their colonies succeeded given time. Africa ended up such a shithole because of Independence, they'd only been colonised generally for 80 years, meaning a lot of infrastructure was still undeveloped. When the British withdrew, that also killed any kind of foreign investment they got until the rise of China. Apartheid was a post-independent affair, so was Guddafi and others, and so was all the genocides. The nations that had been colonised for longer such as South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many others, all ended up succeeding for that plethora of reasons. Also a sidenote, our White Australia and segregation policies were also post-independent affairs.

[@user-dz4eb5rb3g]

@@arakami8547 British empire wasn’t positive the main economic stuff was to get raw resources in and out also the amount of genicodes is just sad

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

So basically, it is still a part of France because France managed to convince the people there that they are French, and secondly because both sides benefit from this arrangement.

[@DimiiLeMii]

And we sent many european prisoners there so they imported the culture

[@lioraselby5328]

Like cultural conversion in EU4

[@elbusoconvidaantilgbt7864]

Or just because it doesn't want to be more catalogued as a part of south america than it is now lol

[@nicocola284]

No, because there was not enough people to become its own country

[@Cassiopée777]

​@@elbusoconvidaantilgbt7864 no I actually rather say that I am South American than European

[@remmont3984]

Love from Cayenne, French Guiana :)

[@miloPRcohen]

This video is great. I am french and I think you did the absolutely PERFECT resumé of the situation, which is a kinda similar one in fact to the relation between the US and Alaska, Alaska also being a continental exclave…

[@atom_iv]

​@Ragoen Alaska is an invaded state, it was twice colonized, I'm French and I know more of USA history than you who are probably American

[@miloPRcohen]

@@atom_iv History and America are two incompatible words

[@miloPRcohen]

@Ragoen Just for you to know, Guyane has a population density similar to that of ALASKA and SIBERIA. And in total has a SMALLER population than that of Alaska.

[@miloPRcohen]

@Ragoen it’s true

[@ms1-Alex]

But not the same as puerto rico

[@arnulfo267]

The citizens of French Guiana can also vote in French elections and they have always been French citizens, unlike Puerto Ricans who can't vote in US elections and at first didn't have US citizenship. I guess the French aren't as racist as Americans. The French don't have this obsession with Race that Americans have.

[@fuckstevejobs6879]

? Are you from France? A lot of Americans go there for vacation and they treat Americans like shit lol.

[@fuckstevejobs6879]

And the United States whole society was built on race. So obviously it’s still gonna play a part in todays society if that’s what it’s always been.

[@Lowseeds]

They treat the Americans full of themselves like poop

[@evilpumpkin7532]

girl, Puertoricans have VOTED not to become a state. that is not racism.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

Puerto Ricans are full citizens who can vote in US elections. PR is a territory though and has voted to not change their status, so they don't get representatives. Get your fake superiority out of here.

[@yellowflag9945]

Why are your videos so good. They are concise, quick, interesting, well edited and visually interesting

[@mathewramirez1945]

Agreed

[@HahnJames]

Trebbie is actually a secret teenage university history professor.

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

If you had a teacher that talked like this , no pauses, no breaths you would complain. If you listened to comedy without the all important pauses and timings, you would complain. How any of this stays in your head is amazing since his delivery is not good.

[@ttuliorancao]

One missing detail of the Portuguese invasion of French Guyana was that they didn't return all of it. The Kingdom of Brazil ended up annexing half of it during this luso-brazilian invasion and then territory of today's Amapá state is technically the Brazilian Guyana

[@EliasRoy]

I think French Guiana is still better being a part of France

[@___E]

​@Waldeinsamkeit how is he wrong he said in the video that french Guiana is the richest out of all the Guianas and voted to stay so....

[@checcmac8693]

@@___E true

[@shauncameron8390]

@@___E Only because France pays its bills.

[@SheldonY14]

@@___E like someone said, only because France pays the bills. If they become independent they'll be poorer than Suriname and Guyana. The other two at least have some industries to keep their economy afloat, French Guiana has little to nothing, only France paying 70-80% of all the bills.

[@remmont3984]

@@SheldonY14 Yes, France (and Europe) pay the bills but French Guiana is strategically more important than say, Guadeloupe or Martinique because of the European Space Centre.

[@w5527]

So they’re sorta like Hawaii or Alaska then? Weirdly far away from the main body but still administered like any other part of the mainland

[@lnanters]

Exactly

[@colonelmoustache]

France doesn't have colonies anymore. It's just France

[@swaglad9728]

Nope it's a colony Making it a part of "France" is just in name only It's always been a colony

[@colonelmoustache]

@@swaglad9728 colony means exploitation, colony means difference of treatment based on where you're from. Algeria was a colony. La Réunion isn't. It's all France. Same goes for eastern territories of Russia, it's a part of the Russian culture. Russian culture couldn't be defined only as the culture surrounding Moscau. That would be pretty stupid in fact. France isn't just Paris and the metropolitan territory. If you're telling "this is not France", your views on France's culture are very limited. If theses territories aren't part of France, Corsica isn't as well.

[@colonelmoustache]

@@swaglad9728 plus, tell me more about Alaska

[@swaglad9728]

@@colonelmoustache the fact it was bought Russia? If you are bringing up Alaska as if to criticize me to being American I'm not American at all

[@swaglad9728]

@@colonelmoustache son it's absolutely a colony. It's been neglected trwted differently and horrible against the natives for such a long time Oh I know kid because there's a colony that's been stolen and made a part of another country where I live but it too is also a colony It isn't France kid, your government convinced the people it's french But let's it rot as a third world dump

[@Saturian_planetball_Animationz]

French Guiana=France

[@mrworldwide7387]

The year is 2157, nuclear apocalypse has destroyed Metropolitan France and rising sea levels sunk its overseas territories. French Guiana is the only remaining French territory left, French guiana truly equals France now

[@Kamonohashiii]

@@mrworldwide7387 are u ok ?

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@Kamonohashiii no

[@le_souverainiste_francais7420]

Vive la France 🇨🇵 Vive la Guyane Française 🇨🇵 🇬🇫

[@discord440]

Liberté égalité fraternité

[@AkselLMR]

J'espère qu'on pourra développer plus cette région et tous les territoires d'outre-mer mer

[@Darkeus971]

Hello, I come from one of the French overseas territories. Another rather important reason is that France used a fairly strong assimilation policy, which meant that the idea of independence took a long time to appear. The result is that even now, pro-independence parties are either marginal or ineffective.

[@mael8406]

La Guadeloupe en force !

[@TheBlackManMythLegend]

Gwada

[@niuanconquistador422]

Let me guess Wallis et futuna

[@exmeasententia6953]

The exception being New Caledonia

[@Homoerectus1548]

@@exmeasententia6953 not until the Kanak become culturally extinct lol.

[@levincursa2316]

I from french Guiana and that's the best country🇬🇫🇬🇫

[@albevanhanoy]

I am from Metropolitan France and I am glad to have you guys as fellow countrymen from the other side of the ocean 🇫🇷 ❤️ 🇬🇫

[@levincursa2316]

@@albevanhanoy carré mon gars✌🏽

[@augustin5611]

C'est pas un pays mais une région. La Guyane est aussi français que la Normandie ou l'Auvergne ^^

[@levincursa2316]

@@augustin5611 faux la population guyanaise est principalement faite de descendants d'Esclaves déportés d'Afrique...la Normandie et l'Auvergne c autre chose je pense...après n'en demeure pas moins que oui la Guyane est un territoire "français"😉😉

[@swaglad9728]

@@augustin5611 that's why the french government neglect it huh?

[@IkeSan]

The only mistake is saying there is a lot of European influence when they are practically totally different from the mainland.

[@larabarthelemi8479]

As someone who is born and livre here I can confirme this fact😅... We are so much left out that even people living in France don't know where we are...some think we are in australia😭

[@Floweij]

@@larabarthelemi8479 wait youre from french guyana too ? Damn bruv

[@larabarthelemi8479]

@@Floweij YEAH r u ?

[@Floweij]

@@larabarthelemi8479 ben oui mdr, tes de quelle commune ? Perso, remire

[@Floweij]

@@larabarthelemi8479 im also surprise , your english is rlly good

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug5884]

It was also used for the military service. My father almost died to a tarantula here

[@LaelGames7913]

So french australia?

[@tempo5166]

@@LaelGames7913 ye

[@LaelGames7913]

@Waldeinsamkeit so french amazon australia?

[@Floweij]

I live there, its not that bad, we surely have a lot of dradly snake, but i saw like, 2 or 3 A YEAR, so youre good on that, and for the tarantula, there is A LOT of matoutoute/ avicularia.avicularia species, they are totaly harmless tho, except if you are really unlucky and find a goliath tarantula

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug5884]

@@FloweijIt was chilling in his boots. My father told me it was deadly. He got very lucky.

[@TheRagingPlatypus]

Because it isn't a colony. It is a part of France. There just saved you a couple of minutes.

[@swaglad9728]

A part of France in name only Reality is it's a colony

[@nojasontv7021]

As A Surinamese citizen (Neighbor of French Guyana) they’re takin care of their Colony.

[@SheldonY14]

Have you ever been to French Guiana to actually say they "take care". Looks very neglected if I compare it to Paris. Even other places that are still a "colony" have it better than French Guiana, like Martinique and Guadeloupe.

[@nojasontv7021]

@@SheldonY14 Absolutely, on the Border of French Guyana is what we call the “ghetto” but if you drive/go inwards you will see much better things

[@SheldonY14]

@@nojasontv7021 Cayenne doesn't really look that much taken care of to be honest. Still better than the border, but inland is still not better. A lot of the buildings need a new layer of paint, even Suriname has better kept buildings.

[@CAM8689]

honestly paris nowadays looks neglected@@SheldonY14

[@memetv8428]

@@SheldonY14 did you see the other guyana coz yes French guyana is not paris , but u know most of france is not paris , the little town in france too is neglected ...

[@richardmontalbano2764]

The french Social Security is so generous that noone except mad people think about independance

[@samijacquin8814]

"where do you live ?" "France" "Oh I love paris" "yeaaah try next to brazil" *my life for it's whole existence*

[@DDRWakaLaka]

what's french guianan food like

[@laudemar-A.B.6386]

BRAZIL is not Europe and we never will be, we are proud to be South Americans😎

[@samijacquin8814]

@@DDRWakaLaka its really a mix a alot of food since the inhabitants come from everywhere in the world, we have a lot of asian and african food, brazilian, amerindian and european influences

[@makimaninkopegi3845]

@@laudemar-A.B.6386 no one said brasil is in europa

[@cesruhf2605]

@@laudemar-A.B.6386 ? Just because France borders Brazil doesn't mean Brazil is european?

[@MellonAM]

I love these videos, they get straight to the point without having 10 minutes if useless unformation

[@TitusIV]

Maybe you should try renaming your videos about Hawaii and Alaska as Why is Hawaii Still a part of the US ? Or Why is Alaska Still a part of the US ? Why start with the assumption French Guiana should be out of France by now, as if it shouldn't be by now. You didn't start with that assumption for the US, you simply explained why it was part of it instead. As a french person, I find your initial assumption upseting, even though your video explained it well.

[@Tyler-ze4tg]

Well it’s probably because more people know American history idk, and when looking at it on a map French Guiana does look a lot like a colony.

[@TitusIV]

@@Tyler-ze4tg the thing is getting independence from UK for the US as nothing to do with decolonization, getting independance from the UK didn’t make the americans less of a colonizer,if you don’t believe me, go ask the natives if they thing decolonization ever happened. Now for example the war in Algeria for France, being kicked out by the Algerians themselves, that’s decolonization.

[@Tyler-ze4tg]

@@TitusIV Well yea I'm not saying that the U.S. never colonized, Philippines are a thing. I'm just saying most observers either know how the U.S. got Alaska and Hawaii, or they just think they are normal U.S. territory due to their proximity. Most people would assume French Guiana is a colony due to the French being more well known for colonizing, and it being a random patch of land in South America.

[@shauncameron8390]

Russia sold Alaska to the US.

[@TitusIV]

@@shauncameron8390 russia sold land that belonged to the native people.

[@DomagojVistica]

Why Hawaii part of USA,why Kalingrad is part of Russia,why is N Ireland part of UK....🤷🏻‍♂️

[@JoRdi-ul4xg]

he's made 2 of videos on the topics of hawaii and kaliningrad. check them out

[@Kannot2023]

Also after decolonization Dutch Guyana becama a state rules by drug traffickers and British Guyana became a socialist country and very poor

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

French guyana is a "socialist" country for USA standads. They have free healthcare and free education. They have a welfare state. The welfare state that northamericans doesn't have. And when Democrats push timidly for that welfare state they are called by the Republicans 'socialists" or even "communists" So French Guyanne is a very lucky situation fir the Guyannese people because in that way they have can avoid the USA model and the USA influence. Being the French backyard is a much better thing that being the USA backyard. Socialists European policies (socialdemocratic policies to be more precise) Are much better than neoliberal neofascist USA policies

[@shauncameron8390]

@@antifazisbonifaz6964 But of mediocre quality. All paid for by France to compensate for their non-existent economy resulting in some citizens resorting to being drug mules.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

@@shauncameron8390 Go to Brazil and you will see drug mules. Go to the USA and you will see mediocre education (and childrens afraid to death to die in a mass shooting by the way) Except for the wealthy private schools and colleges. Usa model is nowadays "the" bad model. From the three supercountries or superpowers of the wprld only Russia is perhaps worse. And that's precisely because they followed the USA model and no otherthing. So yes Guyannese are very very very lucky to be outside the USA sfere of influence. It's a bad, damaging influence. So they are lucky. Let's hope this continues in the future

[@Wod193]

could you make a video on why there's 4 guineas? Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, and Papua New Guinea (or just new guinea)

[@bonecanoe86]

There's also Dutch Guyana (Suriname), Spanish Guyana (now part of Venezuela), and Portuguese Guyana (now part of Brazil)

[@jayrockstedy9890]

Guiana and Guinea are two different words Guyana or Guiana is an Amerindian word means land of water

[@ambessaseway5594]

Because they all look similar

[@handywijaya3689]

You mean New Guinea the Island? Cause the Indonesian side of the island is now called Papua, not New Guinea

[@sujeewaslbux7525]

Why it should be independent? It is a integral part of France whether it is not a part of mainland France.

[@karlk7070]

There were a couple of smaller colonies reluctant to gain independence cuz they were integrated into the economy & were too small to have the basic infrastructure to provide jobs after colonizers left. Suriname demanded a huge compensation for independence, yet still eco crashed after independence. North Korea is the same as well, being overly dependent on Soviet Comecon.

[@shauncameron8390]

North Korea is currently dependent on Chinese aid.

[@jeywan_off]

Enfin une vidéo qui monte la vérité et pas "oh non les français ont encore un territoire en amérique on ne veut pas de ça, tiens faisons une vidéo pour le dénoncer !"

[@AkselLMR]

Il y'en a quand même qui ont la rage dans les coms

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

The implications of French Guiana existence mean that France is technically a Latin American country 😱

[@HelheimMudkip]

So the US is technically a Pacific island country and a Caribbean country if we go by that.

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

@@HelheimMudkip Your logic doesn't make sense because Latin America is a Linguistic category not Geographical. France is a romance-speaking nation. Like all the Latin American countries speak a Romance language, Spanish and Portuguese. I commend you on trying to do something tho.

[@gamermapper]

Does this mean if I'm French I'll get woke points in the US?

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

@@gamermapper maybe friend lmao

[@kmeanxneth]

@@gamermapper XD

[@leonillgordon5887]

It is Europe's most important part of area, everything is for Space, launching a rocket!

[@LVH148]

Me: How many times did you say "French" during this video? Trebbie: Yes.

[@dguy0386]

i think he says it 32 times, and that's strictly just the word "French" not including "France"

[@emib6599]

You live in South America, and can have easy holidays/travel there, but you have a relative stable currency, and a citizenship that is valid for traveling and having economic activities in almost the whole european contenent. It's an interesting particular place to live.

[@remmont3984]

You would assume it is easy to travel but it's quite the opposite. By road, it takes about 3 hours from Cayenne to the Suriname border and you have to wait for the ferry (1 rotation per hour) to cross the Maroni river. To the south, it takes 2 hours to get to the Brazilian border and the border town of Oiapoque, which is a bit like the end of the world. The trip to the next Brazilian city (Macapa) takes about 10 hours. There's an airport in Cayenne but flight options are quite limited and expensive. There are daily flights to Paris, Martinique and Guadeloupe and that's it. There used to be weekly flights to Belém in Brazil and Paramaribo in Suriname but not anymore so we are quite isolated to say the truth.

[@emib6599]

@@remmont3984 sorry I took for granted the infrastructures/connections that I have here, thinking that South America was the same.

[@arto4214]

living in French Guyana, no, it's not that easy to travel in South America from there. It's a way easier to go to metropolitan France. For example, if you want to travel to Brazil, you'll have to go to the border, take a little boat to Oiapoque because the border is a river. There you'll take a taxi or a bus who will take you in a dirt road during like 8 hours so you reach Macapa, and only there you'll find little planes to go to some other brazilian states. If you want to join states that are not accessible from Macapa, you'll take a boat sailing on the Amazon during more than 24 hours (take your hamac) to finally join Belém

[@handywijaya3689]

@@emib6599 French Guiana is a hellhole, but at least it's social infrastructure and healthcare is more superior than it's neighbors. Which is why French Guiana's HDI is more higher than China Education, not so much. A buddy of mine had to travel to Metropolitan France in order to get free universities. Something that is impossible to find in French Guiana

[@oo--7714]

@@handywijaya3689no, the life expectancy is low and there isn't any infrastructure there, not even busses in the capital city. And the taxis drivers are scammers over there

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

Imagine the teachers in French Guiana teaches kindergarteners what country they live in. Teacher: *Kids, we live in South America, in a country called France* Kid: *Where is France on a map?* Teacher: *Right here, (points to Mainland France)* Smart Kid: *Teacher, that’s in Europe* Teacher: *It’s complicated, ok?*

[@DimiiLeMii]

Actually most french can't say where most our islands are.

[@IsaaacWithThreeA]

@@DimiiLeMii LOL.

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@DimiiLeMii French Guiana is pretty easy to spot on a map unlike the other overseas territories, most peoples would probably be able to point it

[@DimiiLeMii]

@@mrworldwide7387 Don't overestimate french geography x)

[@Floweij]

@@DimiiLeMii mdr, cest pas faux

[@fritoss3437]

Most of european died in the penal colony, their was never a big european population in French guyana.

[@juyngkwogayo206]

Interesting. What’s the demographic of the territory now then?

[@fritoss3437]

@@juyngkwogayo206 estimation would say most are black, with some Amérindians some white and some thaï, i would say the white a less than 10%

[@juyngkwogayo206]

@@fritoss3437 interesting. Thanks for sharing !

[@brunogerard2917]

yes but being frensh is not a color skin you know, right ?

[@fritoss3437]

@@brunogerard2917 he his speaking about the penal population who was european

[@d_klem_4730]

Thanks to France and the European Union, French Guyana is much richer and more developed than its neighbors

[@ricotaline]

Thanks to FRANCE and WORKERS. Shitty european union has nothing to do with that.

[@laudemar-A.B.6386]

Fake 😆😆o Brasil é a maior economia da América do Sul...

[@cesruhf2605]

@@laudemar-A.B.6386 ew brazil shithole land

[@rosinabarbara6797]

Long live French Guiana

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

Why? Because Guyane only survives with the billions the french government dumps there every year. An independant Guyane would have the same life level than Haiti.

[@gregducati999]

I doubt it would be as poor as haiti french guyane has more going for it the haiti, its a beautiful place with lots of resources, it could be a rich country if it was well run,

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

@@gregducati999. Lol. I don’t know what you smoke. It must be strong.

[@gregducati999]

@@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643 Ive been to both countries Haiti is a total shit hole French guayana would never be that poor it has a low population density, so has A large amount of natural resources per capita , it’s just not using them as most the country is protected from development, but if French guayana was to deforest it could become a large agricultural producer and do mining Haiti has no top soil of natural resources and is over populated to the point it can’t feed itself, you should use your brain if you have one before insulting others

[@shauncameron8390]

@@gregducati999 But doesn't have the human capital to do anything with the resources. Plus it doesn't help that most of the population much rather live on social assistance.

[@gregducati999]

@@shauncameron8390 French guayana has its problems and it’s population is probably to used to being on social assistance from France but French guayana would never be as bad as Haiti, Haiti would probably see mass starvation without food being sent there, I’m sure French guayana would probably have a similar living standard to somewhere like neighboring Brazil is it became independent, a poor country but one that’s livable , Haiti is no even livable

[@FunkoFun21]

I like France 🇫🇷

[@FrenchAction1]

It is difficult for such a big country with such a small population to gain independence. It has not reached 300K. Small islands like Guadeloupe and Martinique have more inhabitants. So the situation is not the same and many people from Brazil, Suriname move across the border via the rivers. A lot of illegal migrants.

[@cauwenberghsroeland8607]

Haitians speak Kreol, Sranan-suma e taki Nengue Tongo (people of Suriname talk -a kind of - Nenguetongo, the languages of the Marroons of "Wi Aliba" ( Our Stream, the Maroni). Maybe they find french "a kind of illegal immigrants" ? A lot of Kali'na do....

[@Samuel_432]

It's not a country, it's a *french departement*

[@FrenchAction1]

@@Samuel_432 It has changed status. It is no longer a French department. However, the Guianeses do not see it as such and would refer to French Guiana as their country.

[@francis_p]

The low population isn't a problem, there’s plenty of countries that are less populated. Nauru has freaking 9k people and gets to be at the UN. The real deal breaker is losing access to those sweet subsidies.

[@cauwenberghsroeland8607]

@@francis_p ? The happy few who do eat them, don't eat them alone... and even don't invest them to much in Guyane...Hotels in Belem, Sportcars in Paris, ... now, Guyane produces its own eggs. But NOT the food of the chicken, nor the little chicks. Result : eggs became 30% more expensive and did loose 30% of their weight... What , and for WHO, is the advantage of the bridge to Oyapocke ? Contempt of colonial shit ! But size is a problem. Nauru is a good exemple : they give nationality and passport to anyone that pays enough, locks up refugees that made the error to trie to immigrate in Australia....that is their economy. How would Guyane get over the custom-borders in the "free" worldmarket ? Living of exporting what ? Which industry can turn full-time with maximum, if they would have money, 250 000 customers?

[@AymaneXOfficial]

I love how you use minecraft items for videos 😂❤

[@drippychickennugetts]

real question is why would it be independent

[@tauceti8060]

Because British and Dutch Guiana became independant.

[@danvision5086]

*French Guiana can not become independent, because is not a colony, it is a French -Departement, like Paris. Practically, for France, French Guiana is the French Space-Port, and this is the most important for 70 % of all the countries of the world, USA included. The French Ariane 5 and 6 are the most powerful rockets of the world, every month, a rocket is starting by Kourou, with a huge number of satellites of different countries.*

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@tauceti8060 difference is that they wanted it

[@phbel-c7k]

Independence ? french guyane has always and only exist has a french entity

[@Yannis1a]

0:06 In1498 Christopher Columbus didn't landed in french Guiana, he SPOTTED the coast of one of the Guianas, specificly Venezuelan Guiana, and real interest in the exploration and colonization of the Guianas did not begin until the end of the sixteenth century.

[@JackSugden6795]

french guiana 🇬🇫

[@creatoruser736]

I wouldn't say French West Africa was successfully "Frenchified" since, you know, they broke away from French control, in Algeria's case through armed conflict, and became independent nations.

[@lunevoleur8912]

But their high class is highly franco-phone, and a lot of the countries use French as a formal language, also France today is their main exporter in most cases.

[@LFJ87]

Dude, you made some good work, but please... Would it be possible for you to articulate, speak slowly and more intelligibly ? It's like you speak without opening the mouth, and it's really painful when English is not our mother language. Thanks in advance.

[@Ahmad_1799]

I'm so happy I found this channel it is amazing Edit : WOAH since when did this comment get so many likes I didnt expect that XD

[@AkselLMR]

Bruh

[@jlucdalmasso]

Something that isn't been addressed in this video is the presence in French Guiana of a sizable Amerindian population. It's a minority but they are the only ones who would have the legitimacy to demand independence. Obviously the Black, Asian, mixed race and European communities would not feel comfortable in handing them over the country.

[@shauncameron8390]

With Blacks accounting for 66% of FG's population.

[@phillipchipman9263]

I am always down to learn new things about our geography and political borders. Glad to support you for making educational videos like these. Definite sub from me

[@joosey3197]

New challenge: every time he says “French” or “France” take a shot of alcohol

[@R_.709]

🔞☠️

[@Floweij]

I live there, i hope we'll not take independence, cuz if we do, we're in the soep/caca

[@mrgeosworld]

When Columbus sailed the seven seas, Italy wasn’t a country, instead being broken up into countries like Naples, Sardinia and Piedmont, Papal States, Lucca, Modena and Reggio, Venice, Tuscany, etc.

[@Hepad_]

Some parts of mainland France have been part of France for shorter than Guyane.

[@melkor5599]

I highly encurage everyone whos intresstet in a cinematic but realistic depiction of the inhumane conditions of the prision islands to watch Papillon. Its a great movie.

[@maavet2351]

Well I believe Guiana can still get independence and ruin their economy as well as making a hasstle for the citizens, amen

[@hakabaka2048]

Smol brain: swimming to the usa and work as a janitor Big brain: study french, attend prepas, study and work in french guiana, and become french citizen with social benefits.

[@arto4214]

you're telling it as a joke, but in fact if you have some right diploms, you'll rapidly find a really interesting job, French Guyana is a place to build, then you'll have a nice house with a view to the ocean, I just hope you don't mind if the water is not a pure blue

[@Xəeroh]

French Guiana isn't independent because there is many things that belong to the Eu

[@shauncameron8390]

Like the space station.

[@chrisklitou7573]

So it's basically a French Australia 🤣

[@michaelhalsall5684]

Guiana is actually part of France. Australia is an independant country within the British Commonwealth, similar poltically to Canada, it's not part of the United Kingdom.

[@chrisklitou7573]

@@michaelhalsall5684 no shit Sherlock I watched the video

[@edmerc92]

If Australia had slavery.

[@tidalnotes]

could you do a video on the other French territories? like guadeloupe, Martinique, reunion, and Mayotte?

[@revinhatol]

Brazil could've attacked it again.

[@andorralol]

ture if the Government wants to if they do France well hate Brazil now

[@revinhatol]

@@andorralol Like Argentina and the UK.

[@andorralol]

ye or Brazil can get the Guyanas country that is not Spanish

[@Soulbotagem-BR]

Brazil is not Argentina, and France is not UK... Brazil would be a serious contender for any country in the world, due to its size, population and geographic isolation

[@andorralol]

@@Soulbotagem-BR we didn’t say it was

[@Kriss352]

The only question to ask is : Why would they want to become independant ? As you said people of French oversea territories are more than happy to be French citizens and all the advantages it gives them, rather than becoming another independant South American country. In addition to the rocket launch station in the Guiana and resources like gold, mainland France wants to keep Guiana because of its unexploited forest : a very strong asset for soft power when it comes to show graphs of how well France takes care of its forests ; similarly to French TAAF island in the Antarctic ocean / South Indian Ocean being now the biggest natural reserves in the world

[@andymiller6661]

*independent? *forest: *ocean/South

[@Kriss352]

@@andymiller6661 Just so you know : - I made the mistake with "independent" because in French it's written "indépendant" with an "a" not a "e". - Always place a space before (and after) a colon in French, it's a basic grammatical rule, so it's not really a mistake from me. I know that in English the rule is to not place a space before a colon, but being French I don't really mind. Not a mistake from someone who speaks several languages, because I can't remember such small details while typing without reviewing after. - The slash. I also know that no space is required when separating two words in a sentence ; only when separating two sentences like, for instance, when you quote a play. It's the only mistake I'd admit in my comment. I hope you learned something today, contact me for more grammar lessons, you fake grammar n*zi. Btw answer in French please, I'm done talking in a foreign language if random people pick me up on my English for no reason. Also, you didn't even notice a mistake I made at "TAAF island" at the end of my main comment: the TAAF administration being composed of several islands, I should have written "TAAF islands". See, it was a job half-done.

[@andymiller6661]

@@Kriss352 Cool story, bro. I wasn't correcting the spelling. I was correcting the space between the word and punctuation. Good job getting mad and writing an essay, thinking someone was picking on you even though literally all I did was post the correction and moved on, instead of writing an essay or teasing you. If you're that insecure, go get counseling. Or get a hug. Or something. Don't take it out on someone who didn't say anything negative to you or about you.

[@Kriss352]

@@andymiller6661 What you do here, imagine doing this on the street, when some foreigner asks you for directions. Would you pick them on their grammar or pronunciation ? Would you tolerate being abroad, trying to speak the country's language, and people making fun of you ? It's the same here, I'm not a native English speaker, I'm French. I speak 5 languages and you dare notice my ponctuation mistakes, when you can't even speak my native language. Come on dude you're a joke

[@andymiller6661]

@@Kriss352 How was I supposed to know that you're French at the beginning? When did I make fun of you or pick on you? Yes, I dare. Since like I said, there was no way for me to know at the beginning. You dare getting insulted at someone who didn't know your nationality and just corrected and moved on? You're making simple corrections a way bigger deal than I ever did. Want a hug? Me knowing or not knowing French is irrelevant to the topic. For all you know, I could also speak other languages. But again, that's irrelevant to the corrections. I corrected punctuation and moved on. Instead of taking it as a learning experience and moving on like a mature person, you rage about it. Still mad? Tough shit. Deal with it.

[@Monkey_lives_in_Krajina]

Basicly, the kinda dont want to leave it and natives are fine living in france

[@dripbaconplayz]

This guy said the word ‘French’ like a million times lol

[@idontknow4479]

I just want to request Why is puerto rico still a part of USA

[@slicedbread9995]

I really love your videos! I think it would be interesting if you did a video about why there are 2 counties called Meath in Ireland :) (West Meath & Meath)

[@waynemarvin5661]

Isn't that between France and Guiana? I mean, why is this anyone else's business?What, exactly, are you trying to stir up?

[@benjaminallen3493]

What happened to the “that’s why” at the end of every video :(

[@MyNameIsNotGary]

this video doesn't loop on mobile, so it wont be that smooth

[@bababababababa6124]

This is a two minute video not a 15 second loop video so why would he do that

[@thekingshussar1808]

Basically French Guiana = Nouvelle France 2.0

[@buarath9]

Italy didn't exist in Columbus' years

[@TirakyneTripleA]

1:41 Now I know where Gameloft's Asphalt 8 got their French Guiana track idea from lmao

[@teon9737]

I comme from French guiyana

[@jj58437]

Love your videos they are very interesting and Informative

[@InvaderNatDT]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says "French".

[@broly364]

Que curioso que España que tuvo más territorio en America que Inglaterra y Francia y Portugal sea el único que no tiene ni un trozo de tierra en America

[@Soulbotagem-BR]

Portugal certainly does not have...

[@laudemar-A.B.6386]

@@Soulbotagem-BR BRASIL?😆

[@Soulbotagem-BR]

@@laudemar-A.B.6386 Mexico, Argentina, Cuba and Colombia belong Spain?... Moron...

[@edmerc92]

@@laudemar-A.B.6386 But they don't have Brazil anymore...

[@Frahamen]

one of the main reason why it's still France is that is that it's basically all jungle so there isn't much of a native population.

[@lnanters]

No, not really. Although population is small I don't see how that would be a reason for not going independent. By that logic much of the Caribbean would still be British since they're made up of islands that hardly exceed 400 000 people.

[@metrechien]

Les guyanais vous êtes la ??

[@marlene97280]

Mada v😍

[@orjoon99]

Vous êtes où mes guyanais ,guyanaise?✋🏾

[@michellegentilozzi6268]

In sum, they are still French because the French convinced the population of their Frenchness, and has now turned into a symbiosis, with each side losing if they gained independence. French Guinea is also a PART OF THE METROPOLE, in all regards, they are essentially as French as Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in terms of access to benefits of French citizenship and governance.

[@franwex]

I guess French Guiana is like the US state of Hawaii.

[@cesruhf2605]

nah

[@durandil]

Easy. Without France, it would be a poor country, like Guyana. And for France, the spaceport in Kourou is very important.

[@kissadev.]

It also didn't had enough population to become its own country. My small city have three times more people than French Guyana now (and yes, my city is considered small). Not a lot of natives because of the jungle. In the past it was even way less people and the majority of them were french prisoners... so, think about it, the majority of people there were already indeed french.

[@Lana-pf5ce]

Have you visited French Guiana? quality of life there is NOTHING like in Europe. It’s extremely neglected

[@durandil]

@@Lana-pf5ce Compare French Guyana and Suriname or Guyana, or even Brazil. French Guyana is way better

[@wafflez724]

this is you speaking: french french french french and so on... for saying that a million times more

[@layneknielsen]

Production quality is getting better and better, nice work 👍

[@cauwenberghsroeland8607]

1960 / 30 000 Inhabitants, most ...children. Independant ? 1940-45...if France came out the war as still a big country and not a british-american protectorate, it is thanks to Felix Eboué...a Guyanais. But, when begins the era of Ariane in Kourou, in stead of reducing the gap of developpement between Métropole and Guyane, it worsens, ans specific structures are build to assure the grip : social security ( and retirement pension) is...apart of France ( Caisse Générale de Sécurité Sociale de la Guyane), and most investments for public equipment are VERY expensif and...on "loans"...Necessary equipment is not realised, the bridge to Brasil , that nobody crosses, 2 billions. But the bridge of Saut Sabat, the road to Saint Laurent, a road linking the Maroni-towns to the coastline... No way... So, in case of... Several minerals are not exploited, but kept for strategical reasons... - for instance, Dekou Dekou is not only rich in gold, but also uranium..., and not that far from there, zirconium that can become important to controll nuclear waste or if the thorium-reactor-idea would become reality... etc...etc... Meanwhile, the illegal gold serves moneylaundering, as all "illegal mining" in the world does : the company that does buy, will only pay with banknotes... - dirty money. Of course. Where organised crime is in controll of " special branch", and "strategical societies" can find strategical "unexpected benefts" beyond their "main-issue"... saving them after big losses... will not be "strategical" the enterprise the don't cheer. Be cheered... no, nonono, no risk of corruption , very , very , very patriotic man... ... But that is how the world goes... Gold, maybe one day diamond, titanium, zirconium, lithium, ...wood,... Only one risk. Population growth. 60% of the population didn't reach 25 years old.......and, even if they are ready to leave to Europe , lack of housing facilities... at least, cold wouldn't kill them... And, people need education, food, health-care. A lot of money...without...development... soon, 500 000, 1 000 000 Guyanais... France will push its milicia ( les 500 frères) to ask - and obtain - independance, if the balance... after al... even independant, Wi konde - our country in Nenguetongo - will remain...dependant... But for free. For France.

[@rastonon6131]

You should make a video on why Cabinda is owned by Angola

[@nigelbaddock]

cough* oil

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

*+*

[@DoctorDeath147]

It looks so ugly on a map.

[@buzztp5119]

Because they are smart. They get economic help and are protected by France from their neighbors. And free healthcare like all French people get. Very smart to stay part of France.

[@cindynascimento7361]

😎 🇬🇫

[@shauncameron8390]

Yet no economy and the only jobs available are drug-trafficking and working at the space station reserved for mainlanders.

[@laudemar-A.B.6386]

"protegidos de seus vizinhos"?🤣 acho que eles devem se proteger dos próprios franceses.