1995 January-June CR

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    Caribbean Report 09-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-09) Orr, Carol (anchor); Bruney, Mike (correspondent); Alleyne, Brian (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Trevena, Claire (correspondent); Shelly, Christine (interviewee); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Fortuna, Silvana (interviewee); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Gration, Harry (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Campaigning for the general elections in Dominica moves into top gear. The island's rival three political parties comment on what they think are the major issues for Dominica. In Grenada, unemployment is the major issue as the island goes to the polls. In the Canada provincial elections, Jamaican Alvin Curling was the only success story among the three Caribbean-born candidates. Robert Vesco, an American fugitive financier has been arrested by Cuban authorities. Washington remains interested in Vesco who fled the US twenty-three years ago to avoid fraud charges. Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean, Edwin Laurent expressed concern and intends to press for a re-consideration of proposed changes to the EU banana protocol. Winston Dookeran, now an economist at the Harvard Institute, states that CARICOM as an integration movement is obsolete. Tony Fraser reports that Dookeran makes his comments on regionalism in the context of globalization. In cricket, the West Indies move into a 37-1 lead on the second day of the first test at Headingley.
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    Caribbean Report 13-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-13) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Bruney, Mike (interviewee); Alleyne, Brian (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Honychurch, Lennox (interviewee); James, Stanislaus, Sir (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report looks at the election victory of the United Workers Party (UWP) led by Edison James, has pulled off in Dominica. Dr. Brian Alleyne and Rosie Douglas comment on who will hold the position of Opposition Leader. Prime Minister designate, Edison James talks about the priorities of the in-coming government. Sir Stanislaus James, Governor General of St. Lucia believes cooperation would be increased by political union within the Windward Islands. In St. Lucia, the Opposition boycotts the current budget presentation and the subsequent budget debate. Trinidad and Tobago is to propose the removal of LIAT Chairman William Rapier after he compromised his position. Low key events were held in Guyana on the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Dr. Walter Rodney. In London, the jury has failed to reach verdicts in the case of two officers accused of the manslaughter of Jamaican deportee Joy Gardner.
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    Caribbean Report 26-04-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-04-26) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Alleyne, Brian (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Bousquet, Rufus (interviewee); Amiot, Michel (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Fears of possible election violence in Dominica after a number of incidents at political rallies. Dominica Freedom Party Leader Brian Alleyne and Opposition Leader Edison James comment on these incidents. St. Lucia's Financial Services Minister, Rufus Bousquet states he has nothing to do with the alleged misappropriation of UN funds. The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) has terminated a drug abuse project in St. Lucia. Michel Amiot, Director of the Caribbean Regional Office at UNDCP, spoke about the delays in implementation and lack of political will. In Barbados, Prime Minister Owen Arthur devoted a portion of the budget to Barbados relations with CARICOM. The Jamaican government has given a further indication of its continued commitment to CARICOM in its recent budget. The government is attempting to achieve freely convertible currencies across the Caribbean Basin. In the US, the Clinton Administration hopes to persuade Republican law-makers to weaken key aspects of a legislative proposal.