UPLG (Independentist organization, Guadeloupe)

Union Populaire pour la Libération de la Guadeloupe

Last modified: 2025-01-11 by olivier touzeau
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Flag of UPLG - Image by Jaume Ollé, 28 February 1998

• Presentation of UPLG
• Flag of UPLG
• Proposal of national flag

See also:

• France
• Guadeloupe (France, Overseas Department)

Presentation of UPLG

UPLG was founded by Claude Makouké in 1978.

Flag of UPLG

The flag of UPLG, as reported by Lucien Philippe, is red with a big yellow star and thin green stripes on the top and bottom of the flag, separated from the red field by a thinner white stripe. The proportions of the flag are 1:2.
The flag is quite similar to the flag of Suriname.

Pascal Vagnat, Jaume Ollé & Ralf Stelter, 19 January 2001

Proposal of national flag

National flag of Guadeloupe proposed by UPLG - Image by Zoltan Horváth, 7 June 2024

During the second congress of the party in December 1984, UPLG proposed to use a slightly modified version of the party flag as the national flag of Guadeloupe. According to Lucien Philippe, the yellow star is twice smaller on the proposed national flag than on the party flag.

Jaume Ollé, 28 February 1998

Red symbolizes the blood of the nation, of the slaves; the green is nature, and the star is the island being yellow from the sun and being five-pointed across the five continents as a symbol of international solidarity. It was widely used at the Conference of the French colonies of Guadeloupe on April 5-7, 1985.

Jaume Ollé, 7 May 2024

This unofficial flag has been commonly used recently during sporting events.

Zoltan Horváth, 7 June 2024