. Imports: $2 billion (c.i.f., 1997): petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods. Major trading partners: France, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, U.S. (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 172,000 ...
When the 1763 Treaty of Paris was in the works, the French chose to keep Martinique and Guadeloupe over Canada because of Martinique’s profitable sugar trade. People escaped via Martinique During World War II, people fled from the Nazis by sailing from Marseilles to Martinique, a French colony...
in the easternCaribbean Sea. It is included in theLesser Antillesisland chain. Its nearest neighbours are the island republics ofDominica, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest, andSaint Lucia, 16 miles (26 km) to the south.Guadeloupe, another part of overseas France, lies about 75 miles (12...
Its nearest neighbours are the island republics of Dominica, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest, and Saint Lucia, 16 miles (26 km) to the south. Guadeloupe, another part of overseas France, lies about 75 miles (120 km) to the north. Martinique(more) The name Martinique is probably a ...
Its nearest neighbours are the island republics of Dominica, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest, and Saint Lucia, 16 miles (26 km) to the south. Guadeloupe, another part of overseas France, lies about 75 miles (120 km) to the north. Martinique(more) The name Martinique is probably a ...
of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana proposed—and France’s Parliament subsequently approved—a number of institutional and economic changes for the overseas départements, such as establishing congresses of the Regional and General Councils and granting greater autonomy in international relations....
Islands and Archipelagos Developments since World War II The postwar politics of Martinique, which was morevociferousin its demands for independence than Guadeloupe, was influenced byAimé Césaire, the Martinican writer who was one of the founders of theNegritudemovement. Césaire, first elected as...