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GUADELOUPE SNAPSHOTS

At Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Guadeloupe. Seen from left are Arun Kumar of IANS Washington, Sayantan Chakravarty of India Empire, Umesh Chandra of Brisbane Times and M Rajendran from Chennai

At Café Chaulet in Guadeloupe: Café Chaulet is Guadeloupe’s main coffee brand. There is a museum at the Café Chaulet premises where visitors can follow the story of coffee on the island since its introduction in 1720

Michel Narayninsamy speaks at a diaspora conference. Others in the picture are Abdoullah Lala from Reunion Islands (left), Francine Petapernal from Guadeloupe (second from right) and Mahendrah Utchanah from Mauritius (right)

The Mayor of Terre de Haut, Mr Louis Molinie, welcomes delegates to the island of Les Saintes 

At Fort Delgres in Guadeloupe: Louis Delgres was a French military man who fought the troops of General Richepance sent by Napolean Bonaparte in April 1802 to Guadeloupe to restore slavery. On May 28, 1802 he blew himself up at the fort with 300 of his comrades-in-arms, as they shouted “Live free or die” (Vivre libre ou mourir)

June 2013


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