Guadeloupe strikers block roads, close airport (economic meltdown)(Martinique too) [View All]

[Mika]

Source: Miami Herald

The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was on the verge of rebellion, a political leader said Tuesday after stone-throwing protesters set cars and buildings ablaze, forced the international airport to close and clashed with police.

Nearly four weeks of work stoppages and demonstrations for lower prices and higher pay have caused thousands of tourists to flee or cancel holidays on the normally tranquil island, prompting many hotels to close and cruise ships to head elsewhere.

"It is a political crisis, an institutional crisis and we are on the brink of sedition," Guadeloupe's Regional Council President Victorin Lurel told France-Info radio.

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Lurel warned that the islands were heading toward "radicalization, a rise in extremism."
"We have the impression that we have been abandoned, that there is an organized indifference," he told the radio station.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/908115.html

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Does that last quote in bold(my bold) sound familiar?