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  • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Guyana =/= French Guyana.

    The first is an independent state since 1966 and a former British colony inhabited by a mix of Indian (indeed Hinduism is the plurality religion), black and native people situated to the west of Suriname and bordering Brazil and Venezuela. It has had a nominally socialist government since even before independence, though I do admittedly not know much about the country’s politics.

    French Guiana is NOT independent and is part of France. The population is majority black, with a large presence of white Europeans (compared to less than 1% in Guyana) and is largely important for the French/ESA space program. It borders Brazil and Suriname.

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      Yeah so is it even relevant? It has a whole ass country in between. Maybe in the sense that a hot war would affect it economically and with refugees?

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        French Guyana? I doubt it. Also I doubt there’d be much of a grand scale of fighting. Guyana has an army of 4500 people. Venezuela’s is much large.

        The question is, if the US would decide to enforce the Monroe Doctrine by force and invade.