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French Guiana (French: Guyane française, officially Guyane) is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also a région (région d'outre-mer) of France. As a part of France, French Guiana is in the European Union, and its currency is therefore the euro French Guiana is pictured on all euro banknotes, on the backside at the bottom of each note, right of the Greek ΕΥΡΩ (EURO) next to the denomiation..
French Guiana is the smallest political entity on the South American mainland (Suriname is the smallest independent South American country). It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west (part of the border with Suriname is disputed).
History
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L.A. Times - Latin America
Antonio Pineda's craft shines in 'Silver Seduction' at UCLA's Fowler Museum
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Taxco de Alarcn, Mexico, artist's legacy lies in centuries-old techniques fused with Mexican Modernism. METALLURGICALLY speaking, it sounds paradoxical to talk about a "Golden Age" of silversmithing. But the phrase comes naturally to Antonio Pineda as he recollects the era when his lustrous creations adorned heiresses' throats, commanded praise from heads of state and draped the creamy skin of Hollywood stars.
Tourists flee as Gustav churns toward Jamaica
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:38:00 -0700
Tourists and oil workers fled today as Gustav swamped eastern Jamaica on a path to hit the Cayman Islands with winds near hurricane force. Louisiana called a state of emergency and put the National Guard on standby, hoping to avoid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The heap of 11 decapitated bodies found in Yucatan shows that the battle to control the multibillion-dollar drug trade knows no boundaries. The sickening discovery this week of 11 headless bodies heaped like broken dolls near the colonial city of Merida underscored a bitter lesson for Mexico: The battle to control the multibillion-dollar drug trade knows no boundaries.
Science Briefing
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Ancient gold wreath found in Greece / Pre-Inca mummy pulled from tomb in Peru / Uric acid linked to hypertension / New Yorkers contracting HIV at three times the U.S. rate / Vaccine helps fight off fa Gold wreath may date to Alexander
Citrus pest is found in San Diego
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Asian citrus psyllid, capable of carrying a disease that could devastate California's $1.2-billion citrus industry, may have moved north from Mexico. A tiny insect capable of carrying a disease that could devastate California's $1.2-billion citrus industry has been found in a lemon tree in San Diego, state agriculture officials said Friday.
Ecuador asks Colombia to send troops to border to contain rebels
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The nation says its neighbor must do more to prevent its civil conflict from spilling over. With no sign of a thaw in their frozen diplomatic relations, Ecuador this week called on Colombia to increase its military presence along their shared border to check the spillover of rebel groups, drug trafficking and war refugees.
UN News Centre - Americas
Hurricane Gustav strikes children the hardest, warns UN agency
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Hurricane Gustav has forced some 6,300 people from their homes in Haiti, where torrential rains pounded the deforested southern peninsula of the country earlier this week, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
Latin America and Caribbean record solid economic growth figures, UN reports
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Latin America and the Caribbean have posted positive economic gains for the sixth year in a row, despite the global downturn, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising nearly 5 per cent this year, according to the most recent estimates of the United Nations office in the region.
Haiti: UN agency helps contain damage wrought by deadly hurricane
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Initiatives by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Haiti are helping to rein in the damage wrought by Hurricane Gustav, which has claimed nearly two dozen lives so far across the Caribbean region.
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Antonio Pineda's craft shines in 'Silver Seduction' at UCLA's Fowler Museum
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Taxco de Alarcn, Mexico, artist's legacy lies in centuries-old techniques fused with Mexican Modernism. METALLURGICALLY speaking, it sounds paradoxical to talk about a "Golden Age" of silversmithing. But the phrase comes naturally to Antonio Pineda as he recollects the era when his lustrous creations adorned heiresses' throats, commanded praise from heads of state and draped the creamy skin of Hollywood stars.
Tourists flee as Gustav churns toward Jamaica
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:38:00 -0700
Tourists and oil workers fled today as Gustav swamped eastern Jamaica on a path to hit the Cayman Islands with winds near hurricane force. Louisiana called a state of emergency and put the National Guard on standby, hoping to avoid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The heap of 11 decapitated bodies found in Yucatan shows that the battle to control the multibillion-dollar drug trade knows no boundaries. The sickening discovery this week of 11 headless bodies heaped like broken dolls near the colonial city of Merida underscored a bitter lesson for Mexico: The battle to control the multibillion-dollar drug trade knows no boundaries.
Science Briefing
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Ancient gold wreath found in Greece / Pre-Inca mummy pulled from tomb in Peru / Uric acid linked to hypertension / New Yorkers contracting HIV at three times the U.S. rate / Vaccine helps fight off fa Gold wreath may date to Alexander
Citrus pest is found in San Diego
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The Asian citrus psyllid, capable of carrying a disease that could devastate California's $1.2-billion citrus industry, may have moved north from Mexico. A tiny insect capable of carrying a disease that could devastate California's $1.2-billion citrus industry has been found in a lemon tree in San Diego, state agriculture officials said Friday.
Ecuador asks Colombia to send troops to border to contain rebels
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The nation says its neighbor must do more to prevent its civil conflict from spilling over. With no sign of a thaw in their frozen diplomatic relations, Ecuador this week called on Colombia to increase its military presence along their shared border to check the spillover of rebel groups, drug trafficking and war refugees.
UN News Centre - Americas
Hurricane Gustav strikes children the hardest, warns UN agency
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Hurricane Gustav has forced some 6,300 people from their homes in Haiti, where torrential rains pounded the deforested southern peninsula of the country earlier this week, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
Latin America and Caribbean record solid economic growth figures, UN reports
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Latin America and the Caribbean have posted positive economic gains for the sixth year in a row, despite the global downturn, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising nearly 5 per cent this year, according to the most recent estimates of the United Nations office in the region.
Haiti: UN agency helps contain damage wrought by deadly hurricane
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Initiatives by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Haiti are helping to rein in the damage wrought by Hurricane Gustav, which has claimed nearly two dozen lives so far across the Caribbean region.
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