In French Guiana, there is no public transport.
French Guiana has about 200,000 inhabitants distributed in 3 main population centers: Cayenne, the capital, with 60,000 inhabitants, Kourou and Saint Laurent du Maroni, 25,000 and 35,000 inhabitants. The distance from Cayenne to St Laurent is 263 km and the only way to cover this distance is using 'taxicos. " The taxicos are some vans equipped to transport people who normally have 8 seats and charge for the trip Cayenne - Saint Laurent's abusive price 35 euros per person for the we must add $ 10 if the passenger wants to be deposited in a particular place. The
taxicos have no fixed schedule, departing when full, are not always filled, and in many cases, if not filled out. Being 6 hours waiting for the completion of an taxico and ultimately does not leave because it is full, it is not far fetched situation is something that happens quite often. Another of the tricks used by drivers is taxicos overbooking stuffing 10 people where they should go 8.
Joseph Bull professor of English at Saint Laurent shows really upset after experiencing these situations many times, "is a real shame I can not understand this situation in which no one objected to it, "Charles outers, professor of French in Cayenne is more emphatic" I am ashamed of this happening in my country, a few monopolize the transport at exorbitant prices and is something is unknown in mainland France, nobody cares about the guayana "
However, most francoguayaneses as Bobo Pinas, show conforming and resistant to change," in French Guyana has always been, like me Guyana is not as I would like to see, for example, a train in my country "Interestingly during the period that French Guiana was a penal colony, where there was a railroad working.
vision taxicos drivers is diametrically opposed to his detractors, are caught by the pan handle and you know it. Didier, who has a fleet of 3 taxicos said "we who make possible the transportation in Guyana" taxicos drivers also offer parcel services can get to pocket 450 euros one way, 900 round trip if we speak back. With this lucrative business in your hands and believing a public service, the prospects for change are not at all optimistic.
taxicos The lobby is really powerful and so many families live without the least regard to defraud their fellow citizens with exorbitant prices for their services. The one from the government francoguayanés not do anything to change that responds to electoral interests, as the network of patronage created by this situation is too entrenched in the system to either raise your voice and ask for a change.
The power of taxicos: The Blockage
Whoever told that some guys who were involved in the transport of people on a small scale are able to completely paralyze a territory the size of Andalusia, surely not believe it. But this happened in French Guiana in November 2008, a general strike lasting a month, orchestrated by the lobby of taxicos, barriers that blocked all roads, cities were cut, as they will cast a pulse to the government demanding a 50 cents in the price of gasoline, the French government offered 30. Eventually, a month after having stalled over 200,000 people, half the government relented and dropped 50 cents to the price of gasoline, which was around 1.80 euros per liter. As if its transportation business was not already sufficiently lucrative and monopolistic dared to confront the French government and earned him the pulse. But the conditions of life during the blockade for the people of Guyana were somewhat extreme, and the losses European Space Agency were around one million euros daily. To what point does the conformity of society is left francoguayanesa manipulated like puppets by a group of mafia families?
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