France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” starring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near ...

The young French explorer Raymond Maufrais, who disappeared in January 1950 during a daring solo expedition in the Guianese ...

Three soldiers have been killed and another seriously injured in an operation to destroy an illegal gold mine in French Guiana, France's Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said Thursday. The ...

French Guiana is covered by UNHCR France. UNHCR's Representation in France has been in operation since 1952. It provides advice to the French authorities and asylum institutions. The office works in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana, sparking an outcry among residents ...