In French Guiana, virus exposes inequality, colonial legacy
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A woman sells vegetables in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)France's Prime Minister Jean Castex, center left, arrives with French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu, right, and France's Health Minister, Olivier Veran, center, at the Matoury Air Base 367, near Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday, July 12, 2020. As virus numbers soar in French Guiana, France's new prime minister traveled Sunday to the South American territory and promised not to ignore its suffering. (AP Photo/Pierre-Olivier Jay)France's Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives at the Matoury Air Base 367, near Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday, July 12, 2020. As virus numbers soar in French Guiana, France's new prime minister traveled Sunday to the South American territory and promised not to ignore its suffering. (AP Photo/Pierre-Olivier Jay)France's Prime Minister Jean Castex, second from left, arrives at the Matoury Air Base 367, near Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday, July 12, 2020. As virus numbers soar in French Guiana, France's new prime minister traveled Sunday to the South American territory and promised not to ignore its suffering. (AP Photo/Pierre-Olivier Jay)A man waits for customers in his shop in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)Children play soccer in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)A woman from Haiti poses in front of her home in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)Illegal habitats in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)In this photo taken Tuesday, May 26, 2020, medial workers take care of residents of the remote village of Camopi, French Guiana. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo)People, some of them from Haiti, sit outside their homes in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)In this photo taken Friday, May 29, 2020, medial workers take care of residents of the remote village of Camopi, French Guiana. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo)In this photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2020, medial workers take care of residents of the remote village of Camopi, French Guiana. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo)
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A woman sells vegetables in the slum district of Mont Baduel, in Cayenne, French Guiana, Friday, July 10, 2020. France's most worrisome virus hotspot is in fact on the border with Brazil - in French Guiana, a former colony where health care is scarce and poverty is rampant. The pandemic is exposing deep economic and racial inequality in French Guiana that residents say the mainland has long chosen to ignore. (AP Photo/Pierre Olivier Jay)