AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRoute du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe: The race is in its home stretch: 118 skippers will depart Saint-Malo on Nov. 1 for the solo sprint to Pointe-à-Pitre, with intense competition across Ultim, Ocean Fifty, IMOCA, Class40 and more. Local Culture & Identity: A travel feature returns to Basse-Terre on Carnival morning, spotlighting Mas a Kongo as both celebration and resistance, in a Guadeloupe still negotiating its identity as French and EU soil. Sports & Society: French prosecutors opened an investigation into racist abuse and cyber harassment targeting Guadeloupe-born judo star Teddy Riner after he said he was “freaked out” by the far-right’s rise. France-Canada Ties: Macron and Canada’s PM Mark Carney announced deeper cooperation from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, including defense, energy and business, while underscoring sovereignty amid tensions with the US. Caribbean Energy Debate: An economist urges the region to push harder toward energy sovereignty as oil-market volatility and “petropolitical shocks” keep prices high.
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