Martinique's water woes drive anger at French rule


A general view shows Fort-de-France and the sea in the background on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, January 25, 2025. REUTERS/Layli Foroudi

FORT-DE-FRANCE (Reuters) - In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Christelle Marie-Sainte's tap at home runs yellow.

“I don’t drink the tap water,” she said, outside a supermarket where she was buying locally-bottled Lafort water. A relatively low-cost brand, Lafort is double the price of an equivalent product in parts of Paris.

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