Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon?
- Posted on December 4, 2025
- By The Guardian
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Rockets, gold and the Foreign Legion: can Europe defend its frontier in the Amazon?
It borders Brazil, but French Guiana is now a remote outpost of the EU. It is home to Europe’s only spaceport, some of the most biodiverse forest on the planet and a military mission that is testing the limits of western power. By Alexander Hurst
