AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoGuyana–Venezuela Tensions: French President Emmanuel Macron sent Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali a message reaffirming France’s support for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, pointing to the Essequibo case now before the ICJ and highlighting cooperation under the Guyana Shield. Slavery Law Repeal: France’s National Assembly voted 254-0 to repeal the Code Noir, the 1685 “Black Code” that treated enslaved people as property; the bill now heads to the Senate, with lawmakers calling the repeal a long-overdue step after centuries of harm. Space From French Guiana: ESA and China’s SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on a Vega-C rocket to study space weather, using soft X-ray imaging to track how solar wind shapes Earth’s magnetosphere. French Guiana in Sports: Guyanese cycling star Brighton John won the Grand Prix Cycliste de l’Ouest time trial in French Guiana, while athletics and road-race coverage marked Independence celebrations with multiple local podium finishes.
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