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Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by jcranmer on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:55AM (#13706418)
France can be divided into Metropolitan France (the main hexagon of France, along with Corsica), Départements d'outre-mer (including Martinique, Guyana, and others), and Collectivités d'outre-mer (such as Saint Martin). In terms of US geography, the rough equivalents are the continental US, Alaska and Hawaii, and unincorporated territories of the US (like Puerto Rico). If you don't understand the latter term, think of it as a fancy term for colony.

Well, sort of. Looking briefly at many maps of France (in French), the inclusion of the DOMs are relatively rare, in contrast to the inclusion of Alaska and Hawaii on most US maps. Corsica is about as prevalent as Alaska and Hawaii (probably more so), while Guyana and the other DOMs are about as prevalent as Puerto Rico.

Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by dpark on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:41PM (#13708520)
I guess I find the phrasing really odd. It seems to imply that there is an independent country named France in Latin America. It would be similarly odd to hear someone refer to the country of the United States in the Caribbean.

I also don't know that excluding French Guiana from "Latin America" is actually correct anyway. French is a romance language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America

Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by WildUtah on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:46AM (#13712543)
The most prestigious university in Latin America is McGill University in Montreal.
Re:US Customs block Canadian man after reading his Scruff pr... by dpark on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:26AM (#13713633)
Is this your way of saying that the term "Latin America" does not include French-speaking nations? Because the French apparently created the term and it included French Guiana.