A slice of tropical rain forest becomes a thing in France’s presidential election

“What's been happening in French Guiana over the past few days is serious,” said the man most likely to be France's next president, Emmanuel Macron. He was referring to his country's largest overseas département, which has been brought to a standstill by a strike led by labor unions. “My first response is a call for calm, because […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/03/27/a-slice-of-tropical-rain-forest-becomes-a-thing-in-frances-presidential-election/