Why France Owns Part of South America

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In this video, we take a look at French Guiana, its history, and the reasons why it remains with France.
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@Fireoflearning 3 года назад

Is French Guiana part of Latin America? - There is no universal agreement on what constitutes "Latin America". However, most would include places like Haiti and French Guiana in the term "Latin America" when the term is used in a linguistic/cultural sense, as French is a Romance (Latin based) language (though Quebec and Louisiana are usually excluded as they are politically a part of Anglo America). I would agree with this assessment having reviewed the argument. The term "Latin America" was not invented by the French, it was merely popularized by the French with a changed definition to justify French imperialism in Mexico, with the implication being that the "Latin" peoples should united against the Germanic/Anglo competitors. It appears that the term was actually first used among the nations which had declared themselves independent from Spain to reject imperialism. Furthermore, Guyana and Suriname are definitely not a part of Latin America, and due to the ethno-cultural similarities with these two countries, some simply lump French Guiana in with this seperate category despite having a Romantic language/history. The sources I used, available in the description, both implicitly and explicitly regarded the Guianas as a distinct cultural area. However, there is great cultural and linguistic diversity throughout Hispanic America and Brazil, which challenges this perspective. tl;dr - It makes sense to include French Guiana in the term "Latin America", I agree with it having reviewed the debate, but not everyone does. The debate is discussed in this Wikipedia article for a quicker reference: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America

@felipelopezvalencia8843 3 года назад

Well french is a latín language

@kimamaral3015 3 года назад

@Fire of Learning, please turn your 'philosophy is as important as science' video public again, it was very good.

@thomaswilis4682 3 года назад

The term latin america is not useful... the people of “latin america” have very little in common... I’m brasilian and i have no connection or sense of identity with mexico or nicaragua... I think the term spanish america or hispanic america would be more useful

@frankie7529 3 года назад

I think French Guiana is a Latin American country, because it is Latin speaking and is part of the Americas south of the United States. I don't think this is really a contentious issue. However, it is a Caribbean country as opposed to a South American country, despite being on the South American continent. I make this assertion in the knowledge that I have an Anglocentric world view. The Guianas are literally part of South America, but culturally they are Caribbean countries. Guyana is culturally close to Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Windward Islands etc. I would imagine French Guiana is culturally close to Martinique and Guadeloupe.

@jon_s 3 года назад

The phrase "African slaves" is overt sarcasm, wrong at best. There is much the European didn't record in history, like the existence of black settlements in the Area before the colonialists arrived

@cebonvieuxjack 3 года назад

"France seems to have retained the region in part because it was not very successful in developing it." **Task failed successfully**

@miguelmontenegro3520 3 года назад

When the mission has two victory conditions and the second one is impossible not to achieve.

@juniorvonclaire3576 3 года назад

Seems like the inhospitable nature of the area, and of slavery, left no one truly interested in its development. It seems that the poor soil and isolation between the ocean and forest made it unappealing... give or take gold. Apollo 13 was called a “successful failure”, in that it returned safely having never landed on the moon.

@darthjarjar5309 3 года назад

@@juniorvonclaire3576 yeah? Well, what excuse did the French have for not developing any of their former African colonies or Caribbean islands? France never truly cared about developing a land for “salves”, their only purpose is and was to exploit the land, labor and resources for the pure benefit of France.

@leonidasthermopylae3378 3 года назад

@@darthjarjar5309 you are idiot. Just look at Martinique and Guadeloupe and compare them to the other island around and you ll see which territories are developed and which one are not.

@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33 3 года назад

@@darthjarjar5309 you do know that france invested so much in its second colonial empire that it was a net loss, right? you're not just assuming that because the sahara isn't as developped as paris it means france has never tried

@bangscutter 3 года назад

French Guiana's most useful purpose is hosting the rocket launch site for the European Space Agency, since it is located close to the equator for more efficient rocket launch.

@vialoux33 3 года назад

Which should be named French Space Agency since everything is French !

@thunderbird1921 3 года назад

@@vialoux33 Not quite true. At least one of the rockets is largely manufactured by Italy and some probes have been built by other nations as well.

@vialoux33 3 года назад

@@thunderbird1921 Oh yes, you're right, we have let Italy leads the construction of Vega and the result is a fucking bunch of problems ! Not like Ariane V (which is fully french with his gorgeous Vulcain motor) which has one of the best, if not the best, reliability score (above 98%). I think you understand my point ; the CSG (Center Space Guyannais) has been design and entirely built by the french. Our shitty politics men have simply shared all the knowledges acquired by french engineers since De Gaulle decided to give France a spatial independance (France, thanks to Diamant rocket have been the third spatial country after USA and USSR). "If tommorow the europeans countries decide to leave the spatial program, nothing will happen. On the other side if France decide to leave this programm, everything stops !"

@IlleScrutator 3 года назад

@@vialoux33 Didn't knew your real name was Anton Ego

@vialoux33 3 года назад

@@IlleScrutator Don't have this ref

@TheCowardRobertFord 3 года назад

A curious fact is that because of French Guyana, France's largest border is with Brazil, despite the latter being thousands of kilometers away from Paris.

@TheCowardRobertFord 3 года назад

@peter gibbons You must be fun at parties.

@TheCowardRobertFord 3 года назад

@peter gibbons I'm sure that the pedantic guy that keeps trying to correct everyone is very popular.

@TheCowardRobertFord 3 года назад

@peter gibbons Cool story, bro.

@perthdude21 3 года назад

Could French Guiana be considered a part of Latin America? If French is the native language of most people here, I would have thought it would be a part of Latin America at least technically. It's not a part of Ibero-america though

@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33 3 года назад

@@perthdude21 it used to be considered as such but now noone refer to french guiana when talking about latin america

@basedkaiser5352 3 года назад

I am from French Polynesia (Tahitian) and one of the many reasons why most of France’s former colonies decided to remain French is kinda simple: we simply see ourselves as French (I’m not just talking about citizenship but also in our hearts we are no different from Metropolitan French). Funny thing is a lot of people my age (early 20’s) go to Metropolitan France for their studies and when they come back many of my fellow Tahitians become Frenchier than Metropolitan French themselves, it’s hilarious ! Their accent changes (their R’s become guttural and they forget to pronounce the H), the way they speak French is better than most Metropolitans (not in a snobbish way), many of them drop beer for wine and many more funny examples. Tl;dr: we’re French.

@piepiep2368 3 года назад

C'est loin de sa patrie qu'on l'apprécie à sa juste valeur ! Vous êtes plus français que certains en métropole même plus que la majorité des métropolitain ! (Je suis de Strasbourg)

@J11_boohoo 3 года назад

In my country we like to go as far from our colonialists and we do not consider it good to be like those colonizers

@cebonvieuxjack 3 года назад

While it's kind of a wholesome funny story and pretty surprising (as a metropolitan myself, I can say we don't know much about Tahiti unfortunately), I feel somewhat sad that our cultures is erasing others around the world, for the sake of patriotism. Don't get me wrong, you choose to be whoever you like, it's an honor almost to know that French culture reaches as far as Polynesia, but I just feel like cultural heritage shouldn't wither away like it did in Brittany or Occitania. Enfin bref j'espère tu m'as compris frérot, après j'avoue ça doit être un truc de ouf de voir des gars revenir de la Métropole en mode Parigo biocop mdrrrr

@kangaroo4847 3 года назад

@@J11_boohoo which country are you from

@jimmyj1969 3 года назад

French culture does this, yes. Even immigrants/refugees/expats/bohemians who stay in France too long, they become more french than anything else, forget their mother language etc. Even the issue of racism in France (although very real, of course) seems a bit funny to a stranger: communities/immigrants/minorities who experience racism or discrimination are so french in their attitude themselves, that makes you wonder "why all this fuss, anyway"? In other countries (like Britain or Germany) it's easy to find people of foreign background who have never been intergrated really, stuck to their culture of origin, even after spending their whole life in Britain or Germany. This is far more rare in France. Even former french colonies have been impacted by french culture much more than former colonies of other european nations.

@seihai-kun6726 3 года назад

"The locals of this region often claim to be frustrated with the French government." When are the French not frustrated with their government?

@MrCamille9999 3 года назад

Yeah you don't need to go overseas to find a frenchman frustrated with their government, especially this one...

@ether5386 3 года назад

@@MrCamille9999 Bof, c'était la même avec Flamby et Sarko. Pour Chirac c'était les premiers ministres qui en prenaient plein la gueule.

@MrCamille9999 3 года назад

@@ether5386 Le mécontentement social est beaucoup plus grand depuis Macron que sous ses prédécesseurs (les Gillets Jaunes en sont le parfait exemple). Après ce mécontentement social s'est probablement accumulé depuis un petit moment et Sarkozy et Hollande n'ont certainement pas apaisé les choses

@cebonvieuxjack 3 года назад

@@MrCamille9999 Macron n'a pas vraiment "mérité" la crise des Gilets Jaunes, en tous cas pas au moment où elle a explosé (après avec la réforme des retraites, la loi travail qui vient de passer et la suppression de l'ISF j'avoue qu'au final il l'avait pas volé), mais il reste quand même moins impopulaire que l'a été Hollande, bizarrement.

@MrCamille9999 3 года назад

@@cebonvieuxjack Il me semble que les GJ ça a commencé après la suppression de l'ISF, justement ils revendiquaient son rétablissement. Et c'est le résultat d'une accumulation de politiques socio-économiques injustes qui ont fini par exploser dans les mains de Macron. Il n'est pas l'unique responsable mais il a largement contribué au problème (je te rappelle qu'il était ministre de l'économie sous Hollande)

@camerasauvagedeguyane3293 3 года назад

1) Greetings from Cayenne, French Guiana 2) outstanding video. everything is true, no mistake or lie 3) to my opinion of course history of French Guiana is lot more rich, but this video is an excellent resume 4) thank you

@thetrist333 3 года назад

C'est sur que si on compare la Guyane française et le Suriname où Guyana c'est le jour et la nuit...

@SeawolfSpirit 2 года назад

@@thetrist333 je ne comprend pas votre remarque, pouvez-vous développer svp. Merci.

@theodorefruchart7058 2 года назад

@@SeawolfSpirit Il veut dire que même si la Guyane française est plus pauvre que la métropole, elle reste beaucoup plus riche que le Suriname et le Guyana.

@datmesay 3 месяца назад

@@theodorefruchart7058si vous comparez Paramaribo et Cayenne vous comprenez rapidement que cette dernière est bien plus pauvre (offre et qualité de service de la restauration, hôtels, casinos, taille de la ville, etc).

@Maximillion666 3 года назад

Did you know France also owns a part of North America off the coast of Canada? Look up "St Pierre and Miquelon".

@dragoonTT 3 года назад

Small fishing disputes between Canada and France over this too

@cebonvieuxjack 3 года назад

Tbf we own a shit ton of islands pretty much everywhere. We have actually the second biggest EEZ behind the US lol

@thomashr7271 3 года назад

With a very interesting story. France managed to keep it following the "French-Indian Wars" ("Guerre de Conquête"/Conquest War in Quebec, or seens as part of the "Guerre de 7ans"/7 years War in France), England took everything in Canada and North Americas' mainland but left Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon/Saint-Peter-and-Miquelon to France since it was a big fishing port (less valuable than the fur from QC but still). It became a safe zone for the quebecers and acadians during the Grand Dérangement/Big Disturbance where the Acadians and any French Speakers in the newly English own Canada were persecuted and "purged" or sent off away, some managed to burn their houses and crops (to prevent the English colonists to take advantage of the land) and to flee to St-Peter-and-Miquelon. The story of those two Islands is very interesting and quite overlooked by most unfortunately. Seems even like people are more interested in the island of Clipperton (Île de Clipperton or Isla de la Pasión in Spanish) with no inhabitants but in the middle of tension between France and Mexico regarding whom owns it lol.

@xenotypos 3 года назад

France has a lot of other territories. Curiously, people don't talk that much about the most populated one (and arguably the most valuable today): Reunion island, with around 900,000 people now. They are currently building France's most expensive road there, which is also one of the most expensive bridge in the world. Look it up. It's also a notable territory in regard to its ethnic composition, it's quite balanced between whites, east-asians, indians, black people and mixed. While many other oversee territories have overwhelming black majority.

@Jokkkkke 3 года назад

@@cebonvieuxjack France does have the largest amount of timezones though, with the US being in second place and Russia third

@antibash691 3 года назад

I am from French Guyana and I am proud to be a French citizen 😊

@kayzenl7911 3 года назад

Really glad to have you as our frère de nation 🇫🇷

@olairmao 3 года назад

@@siloemascolo2769 KKKKKK tomara também 😂

@ala_dine2709 2 года назад

But you r black 🤦🏻‍♂️

@piotrkralicek 2 года назад

@@ala_dine2709 but you are stupid

@ala_dine2709 2 года назад

@Diego Cedeno thats the reality 😓

@ReSunDestin 3 года назад

"though the locals of this region claim to be frustrated by the french government, they tend to push for greater assistance than separation" This is true for the entirety of France, not just French Guiana

@cerebrummaximus3762 3 года назад

It's True with Every Country tbh

@Xavier-kq9hp 3 года назад

@@cerebrummaximus3762 you have never met a french they take that shit to an other level

@TheoChino 3 года назад

The locals being frustrated by the french government simply means they are 100% french. (It seems pretty well except for that comment.)

@riograndedosulball248 3 года назад

Ah yes, the Guyanas. The three territories literally no one remembers the existence, even in South America itself

@forgetful9845 3 года назад

ikr, no one talks about them, i always get excited hearing about them because i have ancestry in Guyana

@Awakeningspirit20 3 года назад

I'm guessing you're from Rio Grande do Sul, like my good friend, who doesn't know any of these countries lol. I brought up Suriname and he's like "what is this shit?" It's a country that borders Brazil! "Oh, fake news."

@sunset-inn 3 года назад

Must be because of the forests.

@andresvalencia7983 3 года назад

As a peruvian i agree with the ball

@urbananalrapist 3 года назад

I believe Guyana has an immigration presence in the NYC area. One of my professors was from Guyana, and so was one of his students. The professor was black, and the student was white or light skinned. But they both spoke with a similar accent, which was a sort of Caribbean accent.

@annickbrennen8779 3 года назад

My late Mother was from Cayenne. I found my grandfather's and his sibling's civil records online, and it stated exactly what my Mother told us so long ago. My Mother left Cayenne bound to Martinique, where she married my Father and my siblings and I were born. This was an illuminating history for me.

@alLEDP 3 года назад

I think french culture has something which binds people together and draw people to express it. For other nationalities it seems a bit weird and arrogant at times but the "frenchiness" expressed by some former french territories is exactly what a culture should do. Bind people together by the way of living regardless of the inhospitable living conditions. In many ways it resembles the chinese immigrants. They are also deemed arrogant and are succesful nearly everywhere they go.. that is food for thought I think....

@Vitorruy1 2 года назад

That's called "social cohesion" and the Chinese have lots of it. It's a great trait to have.

@samuelscott1113 3 года назад

You should do this sort of stuff more often.

@danielchequer5842 3 года назад

He should upload more often

@Fireoflearning 3 года назад

@Egg T It's just a spam account

@bensonrussell7232 3 года назад

I just suscribed because of this video so damn I hope he does too lol

@1000eau 3 года назад

Actually, the new status of French Guiana isn't a more autonomous one, it's just that since it's both a departement and a region, the departemental and regional assemblees fusionned into one, thus having this new status.

@davidnotonstinnett 3 года назад

So did they do the fusion dance or did they get the earrings?

@amundemusango 3 года назад

As a (French) Guianan, I TOTALLY agree with you

@worstchoresmadesimple6259 3 года назад

And the French complain about British Overseas territories. It seems out of place to be part of Metropolitan France.

@kaiznpl 3 года назад

Is this part of France also a typical part of the EU? So people, capital and services can move freely?

@worstchoresmadesimple6259 3 года назад

@@kaiznpl that’s what they mean. The EU is off course dominated by French lobbies

@eyblender5896 3 года назад

I was born and lived there. Well, as a passionnate of world history, you can believe me: This doc is complete. Nothing more to add!

@JoaoPedro-wb8dy 3 года назад

Oh hey, im from Amapá, the "portuguese guyana" thing this state is the second least populated state in the country but i have talked to people who are french guyanese and of french ancestry overall, they look the same as us actually and in the border theres a french speaking part too although it is very small

@arto4214 2 года назад

Oh, hey ! I traveled to Amapá and I live in French Guyana, it was funny during my travel to always discover a regional flag

@y-nn33 3 года назад

I live in French Guyana and I'm proud to be French as everyone there..

@de_sennectere 3 года назад

La Guyane Française est l'une des plus belles régions de France ! 🇫🇷🇬🇫

@stefanomiotti3415 3 года назад

liar the people over there want to be independent

@jlucdalmasso 3 года назад

@@stefanomiotti3415 If that were the case people could vote for the separatist political party, why don't they do so?

@de_sennectere 3 года назад

@@stefanomiotti3415 You know nothing about the situation, stop talking. French Guiana is French just like Paris, Strasbourg or Nantes.

@amundemusango 3 года назад

NO ITS NOT TRUE, IN FRENCH GUIANA, EVERYBODY WANTS THE INDEPENDENCE !

@Suite_annamite 3 года назад

*Fun fact:* Vietnam and Cambodia were first introduced to rubber directly from French Guyana (Guyane française), and from all of which "Michelin" used to get their steady supplies for making tires.

@schoolssection 3 года назад

You suppose the coffee, now (after the disruptions of Japanese occupation and two Indochinese wars) making a comeback in today's nations of former French Indochina was originally from the new world?

@briangarcia7384 2 года назад

@@schoolssection coffee probably originated in ethiopia

@Matt_from_Florida 3 года назад

A major advantage in remaining part of France is that *THEY ARE FRENCH, AND CAN MOVE TO FRANCE ANYTIME THEY WANT!!!* It's the same reason Puerto Ricans want to remain part of the USA.

@Robert89349 3 года назад

They can also travel, study and work in any of the other 26 countries of the EU with no restrictions since they are EU citizens as well.

@parmentier7457 3 года назад

The same applies to the Caribbean Netherlands. In 2010, the Dutch gov held a referendum for full independence in the Netherlands Antilles. However, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba decided to remain part of the Netherlands. In doing so, they also retained the Dutch passport that gives access to the EU. In fact, they are EU citizens.

@LG123ABC 3 года назад

Yeah, but Puerto Rico keeps flirting with independence. They need to sh-t or get off the pot!

@Matt_from_Florida 3 года назад

@@LG123ABC Yeah, but they have voted *'NO'* to both statehood (cuz then they have to pay Federal taxes like the rest of us do) and to independence multiple times. It's always nice to be given a choice, don't you agree? That's what freedom is.

@Robert89349 3 года назад

@@LG123ABC Puerto Rico literally voted three times within the last 10 years to become a state. They had referendums in 2012, 2017 and 2020 and in all of them the majority voted for statehood. Granting statehood relies on the US Congress solely, not on Puerto Rico. French Guiana is not comparable to Puerto Rico since it is a fully integrated region of France, where people send democratically elected representatives in the French parliament and are also able to vote for president.

@Aquila476 3 года назад

*Fire of Learning posts a new video* Everyone: this is where the fun begins!

@San_Deep2501 3 года назад

Hail Caesar!

@randomguy8647 3 года назад

Latin

@ericcloud1023 3 года назад

Read the book "papillon" it's about an actual prisoner sent to french guyana. Who refused to be contained. That book got me through jail

@chasbodaniels1744 3 года назад

Never read the book, but saw the movie as a kid. Opened my eyes to brutality and suffering.

@johnsmith-ht3sy 3 года назад

That is why I only think of this country as one small cruel Island.

@Nikioko 3 года назад

Yes, in comparison to Île de Diable, Alcatraz was some sort of recreation holiday.

@picaxo479 3 года назад

@@johnsmith-ht3sy What?

@SkippyTheRedKangaroo 3 года назад

Papillon is a fabulous book.

@aaptel 3 года назад

Thanks. This is pretty accurate. I've much worse coverage of french overseas territories on youtube. Many people don't realize that these places are represented, have autonomy and actually want to remain french.

@BubbleTK 3 года назад

"And thus, though the locals of this region often claim to be frustrated with the french government, they tend to push for greater assistance rather than separation" Oh, so they are 100% french then !

@misa80209 3 года назад

Hahahaha

@Vitorruy1 2 года назад

*Frenchness intensifies*

@abelashes2676 2 года назад

French Guiana is where the cayenne pepper was created by selective breeding, which is why cayenne is a favorite hot chile in many former French colonial areas like Louisiana and Tunisia for instance.

@MichaelWite19 3 года назад

Wow! I didn’t know French Guiana was THAT big! I even searched it up, the size of French Guiana is 32,253 sq. mi. The size of South Carolina is 32,020 mi!

@DRmisse 3 года назад

Certes, personne n’aime minimiser ce territoire et le faire paraître petit, mais ce n’est pas le cas en termes de superficie

@DarDarBinks1986 3 года назад

French Guiana is part of Latin America because they speak French. French is a Romance language. "Latin America" doesn't stop at the Spanish-speaking countries and Brazil.

@brownredman1012 3 года назад

Exactly.

@TheWoollyFrog 3 года назад

Technically, Quebec is also part of Latin America.

@shauncameron8390 3 года назад

@@TheWoollyFrog But Quebec is not a country, but a province of Canada.

@TheWoollyFrog 3 года назад

@@shauncameron8390 Well, I was talking about language/culture rather than borders.

@Xavier-kq9hp 3 года назад

@@shauncameron8390 french guiana isn’t a country either its a region

@TheBuilder 3 года назад

Listening to Fire of Learning(tm) is kinda wholesome

@handyvickers 2 года назад

Great info... I had little idea of the history of this part of the world. Thank you. I'm putting this on my bucket list of places to visit!

@ThecatofCheshire 3 года назад

Today i found out your channel. You're doing an amazing job and each topic you pick is really interesting. If you ever choose to make a video about Greek history i would be happy to help.

@lucas9269 3 года назад

Brazil had plans to annex French Guiana in the '60s but the president that wanted to do it was deposed after he failed a coup d'etat.

@brandonlyon730 3 года назад

Yeah and that worked so well with Argentina when they tried to “take back” the Falkland islands from Britain.

@piepiep2368 3 года назад

Oh they try.... Interesting

@adambosak2306 3 года назад

Guiana is on the mainland, so it would be much easier for Brazil to take and defend.

@HingerlAlois 3 года назад

@@adambosak2306 But an attack would most likely result in some casualties, France has at least 2.000 soldiers stationed in French-Guiana including a bunch of soldiers of the Foreign Legion. The Brits had less than 100 professional soldiers on the Falklands.

@rafaelalodio5116 3 года назад

Brandon Lyon I was about to say that, I'm glad my country didn't managed to try that.

@jeanleloup973 3 года назад

🙌🏻🇬🇫 oui la Guyane c'est une merveille. 👀 je crois que je suis le seul Guyanais pour l'instant (dans les commentaires) 🤭

@ssuper_og9736 3 года назад

😂

@frenezys6466 3 года назад

non tkt on est là :)

@eddygordov 3 года назад

French Guyana is a shit hole, that is why I left it sixty years ago.

@eddygordov 3 года назад

@@SemperMagnus That why I left it to someone with very low expectations like you, mate. You are welcome to it!

@princeangel3580 3 года назад

@@eddygordov but still watching video about it, and take time to comment, you miss it ? Or you have nothing else to do in life

@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment 3 года назад

The people of French Guiana also have more benefits economically than most of their counterparts. They are full European Union citizens after all.

@zerkku7916 3 года назад

@Rikka Takanashi no u

@zerkku7916 3 года назад

@Rikka Takanashi nice salt dude

@zerkku7916 3 года назад

@Rikka Takanashi wot

@zerkku7916 3 года назад

@Rikka Takanashi kinda ironic but ok xD

@mrronron7328 3 года назад

@Rikka Takanashi "The EU is bad", ah yes, le argument

@erichtomanek4739 3 года назад

I have a book called Crossroads of Empire Which is a history of the Caribbean. It too says the Guianas' culture is more Carribbean than South American. By the way, I bet there are Giant Ground Sloths in the rain forests!

@petergala2147 3 года назад

As always interesting history lesson in compact form. As always I'm enjoying it. Greetings from Chicago USA!!!

@thunderbird1921 3 года назад

Funny how technically the old French empire still exists worldwide, although in a smaller and slightly modified form. The media certainly doesn't talk about it.

@ido5269 3 года назад

@@thunderbird1921 Wait until you find out about Francafrique lol

@arkady714 3 года назад

Excellent video. Concise, informative and well narrated. Merci bien.

@sandrastone5847 2 года назад

Good job! I like your style of narration

@aymarafan7669 3 года назад

Amazing mini-Doc! Sadly the “Guyanas” seem to always be sidelined for some reason. Have heard that many people in Brazil don’t often realize they border all of them.

@davidnotonstinnett 3 года назад

I’m glad to hear that the United States aren’t the only country that is large and he its head stuck up its ass.

@frigginjerk 3 года назад

Yeah, the size of of Brazil still messes with my mind when I look at it. Ecuador and Chile are the only countries in South America that Brazil doesn't border. Also, Lima is further east than Miami. By several degrees of longitude. That's not relevant to the subject, here, except in the general sense that South America is confusing to the mental image I have as a North American.

@davidnotonstinnett 3 года назад

@emaneux I mean the US has a reputation of being generally ignorant of other countries because we (US citizens) are so swept up in our internal affairs.

@Gui1The 3 года назад

@@davidnotonstinnett Thats mostly because the huge countries like Brazil, US, Russia and the sorts is that they are so huge and vast in territory, political ideology, different cultures that they tend to be worlds of their own, so usually people are more numb to foreign stuff. But yea Americans are more ignorant then most.

@valdirbruxeljunior 3 года назад

Lots of Brazilian even forget about Amapá, the Portuguese Guyana. It’s so far away from the larger cities in the southeast, and barely enough people live there

@stephenbrand5661 3 года назад

It is pretty amazing how tough it has been to settle and develop the Guyanas. I don't think a lot of North Americans and Europeans realize how tough agriculture can be in the tropics.

@kipraskibildis2524 3 года назад

Fire of Learning could you do a documentary about Lithuania? I really like your documentary videos and I think you are an underrated youtuber!

@bartgarcet6670 3 года назад

Really awesome documentary one again! Though I think it could have been significant to discuss some of the social issues still common to this day in Guyana and why it remains one of the poorest regions of France.

@DRmisse 3 года назад

@@amundemusango

@jeremiemarion3966 3 года назад

French Guyana is also where the French Foreign Legion trains in jungle warfare as well as the rest of the army if needed, and also our friends are coming to train there, like US's troops or UK's troops sometimes. Since you're in the jungle, it will most likely die from exhaustion and unknown desease rather than ennemies, and according to the french foreign legion this is good to toughen up soldiers. Or so they say ^^.

@F_Bardamu 3 года назад

French Guyana makes for an excellent training ground for the French armed forces, the French Foreign Legion in particular. It's also a nice place to experiment with rocket launches and space exploration. We've always used our former colonies for "special" stuff, like firing atomic bombs in Algeria and French Polynesia. It's like the messy backyard you don't want your neighbours to see but couldn't live without. lol

@Jokkkkke 3 года назад

I like your use of music in this one!

@majorronaldmandell7835 3 года назад

Thanks! Great learning Experience!

@bibi2635 2 года назад

The inhabitants of Guyana do not want independence because they consider themselves French, it is this same consideration that led the inhabitants of Guyana to fight for France in the Second World War, today it is not one of the best developed regions of France nor the richest but we are proud to be French for a few years Guyana has begun to experience development but unfortunately many regions of Guyana are protected by the National Forestry Office of France we don't build in certain area. The development of Guyana is progressing slowly but surely

@shauncameron8390 Год назад

LOL. French Guiana is not that well-developed. And the real reason why French Guiana doesn't want independence is because it has no real economy and it's nothing without French subsidies which accounts for 80% of its overall GDP.

@Alex999ddParis 3 года назад

Beeing a fully integrated department of France, Guyane (official name) is an "ultra-periferic territory of the European Union". This means that all citizens living there enjoy the same rights than all European Union citizens : free travel within the EU, free settlement in every EU country etc. Beeing french citizens, they enjoy the same medical healthcare and social security than all citizens. Their french passport allow for visa-free travel in more than 180 countries. For sure some people living there are unsatisfied, but they are French and would never exchange their french passport for one from Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela or whatever ;)

@Soulbotagem-BR 14 дней назад

I prefer to be Brazilian than French and even less Guyanese or Venezuelan. I'm clean...

@Alex999ddParis 13 дней назад

@@Soulbotagem-BR People usually prefer to live in the country where they were born and where they grown up. Nothing special here. But if you compare the standard of living (Freedom, Justice, Education, Health care, Infrastructures, Retirement), being citizen of an European Union country offer many advantages that you can't enjoy in most other regions of the world. Unless you are rich, of course, and can afford the best standard of living everywhere 😉

@Soulbotagem-BR 13 дней назад

@@Alex999ddParis Ok, but this is not true in relation to FRENCH GUIANA. The Guyanese people do not see or enjoy any benefits having French citizenship...

@antinoushadrian5691 2 месяца назад

Great show. Thank you. 😊

@lunes-1 3 года назад

Great video,keep it up!🟡🟠🔴🟠🔴🟠🔴⚪

@Markyto973 3 года назад

I'm from French Guiana.

@adamh2900 2 года назад

Fascinating to find out all the history behind this place which most people know little about

@kainuu3157 3 года назад

Very good video. Thank you. It was interesting to listen about French Guiana. Perhaps some local art could be displayed, too.

@amundemusango 3 года назад

🇬🇫🇬🇫🇬🇫🇬🇫

@UnluckyCantaloupe4 3 года назад

8:57 the story of the republic of independent guiana is so underrated and i had never seen anyone talk about it. thank you for mentioning it. also did you know that they even menaged to establish relations with russia and japan ?

@cherylcallahan5402 3 года назад

🌻Fire of Learning 🌻appreciate your commentary Listening from Mass USA Hello everyone on UTube France owns a lot of countries in South America

@PascalGienger 3 года назад

Don't forget that the citizenship there is French. So everyone being born in French Guyana and everyone being naturalized there has French citizenship - which literally opens a huge portion of the world visa-free and also for trade. They also have a stable currency. Why would people living there wanting to give it up? Being born in French Guyana brings you the right to work in all 27 EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. Why would you like to give that up?

@punditgi 3 года назад

Most informative and interesting!

@remitemmos9165 3 года назад

you forgot to mention the foreign legion and commando training camps there :D

@RichardsWorld 3 года назад

When I was there the locals said they get the minimum income levels of what they made in mainland France. This gives the locals a pretty good life compared to their neighbors. But, when I was around the capital area it look pretty poor looking.

@nathanaelbegue317 3 года назад

53 % of the people are poor in Guiana, but it's compared to the national median income (France). It's 14 % in France mainland. It's a relative number. In absolute it doesn't mean they are poor in the sense that it's better to be poor in Guiana than to be poor in Jamaica for example. In France poor get to have welfare. If they have to travel in a neighourhood country, they could live like king with that welfare...

@arto4214 2 года назад

Oui, on va pas se mentir, la Guyane a l'air assez pauvre, déjà parce que oui, pour un département français, elle est très pauvre, mais aussi parce que le climat dégrade tout très rapidement, du coup les bâtiments ont vite l'air pourris, presque comme abandonnés

@bloodaxe5028 3 года назад

Please do more videos like History of The French Language

@donk.5730 3 года назад

Thank You for this video. Very interesting. Now subscribed. And will check out your other videos. Well Done...

@lodge8073 3 года назад

Gratz on your 100th video

@tolgacetiner1243 3 года назад

This is a good video, I always wondered why France owned that swath of land in South America. Now I know : )

@jacobarmour6325 3 года назад

*swathe

@ohpatriote5622 3 года назад

France, like Great Britain, is a former colonial empire. With swaths of land all over the world. This is why France and just after the United States of America has the largest maritime domain in the world ... and that the French language in less than 50 years will be the most spoken language in the world after English one (thanks to Africans peoples). A french citizen

@frodo322 3 года назад

@@ohpatriote5622 😆

@rodrigoe.gordillo2617 3 года назад

@@ohpatriote5622 not really chinese will have more speakers

@ohpatriote5622 3 года назад

@@rodrigoe.gordillo2617 No. Because nowadays with the one child unique policy :China have and will have more old peoples. India soon will have more citizens than China. Africa use french like common language (like chinese people for the mandarin language) and have more and more childs...China is more rich every year and dont have families with 5 or 6 children like the muslims, Chinese families its 2 adults with a unique boy (because this society prefer boy...).

@sylvainduret9880 3 года назад

Vive la France 💙🇨🇵✨ !!!

@amundemusango 3 года назад

🤢🤢🤢🤢

@cprow9958 3 года назад

@@amundemusango bitch

@guyver-9717 3 года назад

Fuck France colonial country

@amundemusango 3 года назад

@@cprow9958 Like ur mom

@burgundygenevian1879 3 года назад

@@amundemusango reported

@KevinTullock 3 года назад

Very interesting, nice job.

@eualvarorosa 3 года назад

Great video! Thanks

@rockstar450 3 года назад

It’s interesting to contrast this with Australia. While similarly, Australia was a colony and never seceded, it wasn’t granted any formal influence in English affairs but (more importantly) Australia has been left autonomous without any attempted recourse. The Governor General (England’s “watchdog” position) is purely ceremonial and has only ever once used its true power, controversially in 1975, but it was Australians influencing internal affairs done without any foreign influence. Our Prime Minister is viewed as President in all but name the average Australian likely forgets there is a Governor General. The one thing I will say that still acts as an influence is as children we learn our history as part of The Commonwealth which maybe installs some comradery, but you could counter argue we share a similar sentiment with Canada and USA. Why aren’t we a Republic? Because we forget we aren’t one. A conservative PM offered a undemocratic republic via referendum (people couldn’t choose the president...) so it naturally failed but since then England hasn’t stepped on our toes. If another referendum occurs in 10 years I’d imagine the sentiment will be “Why not?” but till then it’s not hurting anyone which is why nobody thinks about it.

@the_Kutonarch 3 года назад

10 years from now Climate change nuking the bush with mega-fires ✅ Half the country burns whilst the rest floods ✅ Refugees make ever greater runs on the border ✅ Housing affordability is in an even worse state ✅ Indigenous Australians continue to protest for change ✅ General inequality rises ✅ Politicians: _"I know how we can distract the public AND waste Billions of dollars doing it! Republic Referendum 2: Electric Boogaloo"_ Australians: _"Sure, why not?"_

@guillaumedumoulin9383 3 года назад

In 1988 during riots between separatists and the police in New Caledonia, Australia severely criticized France. Francois Mitterrand had simply replied that if the Australians had no problems with their natives, it was because they had killed them.

@reb0118 2 года назад

Since when was Australia an English colony?

@Vitorruy1 2 года назад

@@reb0118 bruh

@briankayes817 3 года назад

ugh I absolutely love South American history, mostly because I jus feel like I know absolutely nothing about it. You gotta do more videos about the history of South America.

@rudolphsimmonds1382 3 года назад

Good video. Great job

@Weird600 3 года назад

The Space port will also host the launch of the James Webb Space telescope for the USA later this year -- It's considered to suck so bad there the Northrup-Grumman is having a hell of time getting technicians associated with the project to go there. Which is so unusual, for being on the Launch Team for a project is considered the "ultimate accomplishment" for any engineer.

@ZephLodwick 3 года назад

Could you make a video on the Indus Valley Civilisation?

@ShahjahanMasood 3 года назад

thats something I would love. Just a question, where are you from?

@ZephLodwick 3 года назад

@@ShahjahanMasood I'm from the UK. Why do you ask?

@ShahjahanMasood 3 года назад

@@ZephLodwick I live very close to Mohen-Jo-Daro in sindh. Its really cool to see people interested in our ancient history. Have a nice day 👍👍

@caliscribe2120 2 года назад

Surinam isn't even considered part of South America by soccer officials. Surinam is put into North American tournament, the Gold Cup. The most famous of any of the three countries is Guyana because the Jonestown mass killings occurred there.

@benovadia1 3 года назад

Great video!

@sparklesparklesparkle6318 3 года назад

very nice video, I enjoyed it immensely I love your work FoL

@kulturfreund6631 3 года назад

I once read that French Guyana was annexed from Portugal‘s then colony Brazil as a reparation after the so called Orange War in 1795 when France and Spain together attacked Portugal. Spain btw captured the county of Olivença (Spanish: Olivenza) which still today is not recognized by Portugal to be a part of Spain.

@gontrandjojo9747 2 года назад

No. Portugal and Britain occupied French Guiana during the Napoleonic wars but it was returned to France at the end of the war.

@kulturfreund6631 2 года назад

OK, fine with me.

@cedo3333 3 года назад

As a french i learned stuff so thank you

@Teo-fx9uo 3 года назад

Thank you for making this video 😊😊.

@sudhendugupte7562 3 года назад

Thanks for this explanation great.

@alex9262 3 года назад

I love this guy

@eduardogutierrez4698 3 года назад

Fun fact: Surinam would have a football national team as strong as Argentina's or Spain's if Surinam born players like Clarence Seedorf, Edgard Davis or Frank Rijkaard hadn't decided to play for the Dutch national team.

@elguido 3 года назад

Well, considering that the Dutch team itself is quite lame nowadays, I will have to disagree XD

@determinay769 3 года назад

I don’t think there is training centers in Surinam. So I have to disagree too.

@blessedwithchallenges9917 3 года назад

Great job!

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 3 года назад

I saw many of your videos on countries and ancient civilizations including Celtic ones as Ireland and Scotland, but not Wales, do you have project to make about a Wales video?

@TechnoForever21 3 года назад

Pleaaaaaase make a documentary on French Canadians and Cajuns in Louisiana and New-Orleans!! :)

@dashcroft1892 3 года назад

Acadians were forcibly removed by the British to the Thirteen Colonies during the Seven Years war. Cajun is a derivation of Acadian. The lone star flag still flies in Acadian communities in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

@TechnoForever21 3 года назад

@@dashcroft1892 and your point is? I know the history of Acadia, I just want him to make a documentary about it lol

@watershed44 3 года назад

@@dashcroft1892 I'm fascinated by the history of this! While I am "English" born in the USA and near the Quebec border my family knew many Acadians (most were loggers some picked blueberries) and they were a very good people even though they had been mistreated by English Canada. I hope he does a story on Acadians.

@dashcroft1892 3 года назад

@@TechnoForever21 ... your narrow use of ‘French Canadian” since Cajuns are descendants of Acadians, who are also French Canadians. I hear New Orleans is in Louisiana. Baton Rouge too! Franco American? Uh-oh Spaghetti-O!

@TechnoForever21 3 года назад

@@dashcroft1892 i should’ve said Louisiana in general and New Orleans specifically. There, better? You still going to bitch about something? Most of cajuns are not from New Orleans, they’re on the other side of the bayou. And yes, Franco Americans, they’re not Canadians anymore, or is Louisiana a new province of Canada? Thought so. I’m descending from French people, am I a Frenchman? Please, go away...

@CAMAHO973 3 года назад

Thank you for telling our story and make people know about us!

@jamesewanchook2276 3 года назад

thanks, good info.

@samdumaquis2033 3 года назад

Great vid

@kingstarscream3807 2 года назад

Looking forward to Part 2 of the History of the Spanish

@Nikocum 3 года назад

Frustration with the french Gouvernement is something mainland french people can experience too!

@frankkab4632 3 года назад

Great video

@tf2664 3 года назад

Interesting video

@Mii.2.0 3 года назад

5:54 Made me laugh for 10 good minutes! 😂

@amadeus_ex7505 3 года назад

Check out Papillon if you want an in depth look at the penal colonies in French Guiana

@BigSteak 3 года назад

solid stuff dude

@martintapia9374 2 года назад

👏😀 Thank you much for this very interesting research on French Guyanna

@danielovercash1093 3 года назад

Just this morning I was wondering where you were

@biscoito1r 3 года назад

Funny thing is that fact that as a Brazilian I need a visa to go to French Guyana but I don't need a visa to go to France. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I can go to France and then from there go to Guyana without a visa because it would constitute a domestic flight.

@quidam_surprise 3 года назад

How come ? What's the border customs for you guys down there ? by the way, also, I think that « Guyana » is exclusively used for to the independent republic 🇬🇾 in English

@Ankha38 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure it's against illegal immigration.

@tommarch.4493 2 года назад

@@Ankha38 this, and traffic

@Alberta1stPodcast 3 года назад

Great voice so easy to listen to, i subbed a while ago just refiund you with this in my feed, i will actively look for videos from you very cool bro incredible #AlbertaSepartism