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In Irma-hit Caribbean islands, a tale of two relief efforts

Both France and Britain have been accused of mismanaging the crisis in the hurricane-devastated Caribbean islands they administer, but there was a clear difference between the style of the visits to the region by France's president and Britain's foreign secretary. 

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14 September 2017 à 15h37

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As symbols of the dynamism of their countries’ response to Hurricane Irma striking former colonial outposts, French president Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, struck a keen contrast, reports The National.

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