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Martinique: French Caribbean
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The British took a keen interest in Martinique as well, invading and holding the island for most of the period from 1794 to 1815. The island prospered under British occupation; the planters simply sold their sugar in British markets rather than French. The occupation ... allowed Martinique to avoid the turmoil and bloodshed of the French Revolution: by the time the British returned the island to France in 1815, the Napoleonic Wars had ended and the French empire was again entering a period of stability.
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The people of the island are of a fishing community that sells its fish to mainland Grenada and ... to the French island of Martinique. The large fishing boats fish for tuna and sells it to Grenada and from there it is then shipped to the U.S.A., while the smaller fishing boats fish for snapper, grouper and other small fish that would be on their list. These are brought to Martinique where they are collected by fishing agents and then sent to France. A high demand market that the people of Petite Martinique hopes will never die.
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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the northwest coast of the French territory of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles, at about 2 p.m. local time Nov. 29. There is little of geopolitical significance on the islands in the region, with the nearest important infrastructure on Puerto Rico, roughly 600 miles to the northwest, or Trinidad & Tobago or 400 miles to the south.
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A chartered jet filled with tourists returning home to the French Caribbean island of Martinique crashed yesterday in western Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. The plane crashed after the pilot reported that both engines had failed, officials said.
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