France's South American territory French Guiana has joined the Caribbean bloc CARICOM as an associate member, deepening its ties across the region.
Key Facts
—The move. French Guiana signed on July 7 as the eighth associate member of CARICOM, the Caribbean bloc.
—The setting. The signing came at the bloc’s 51st leaders’ summit in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, running July 5 to 8.
—The wait. The territory first applied in 2012, a fourteen-year push revived in 2021 by local leader Gabriel Serville.
—The limits. As a French territory it gets no vote and cannot touch foreign or trade policy, which stay with Paris and Brussels.
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