Browsing by Author "Abrams, Elliot (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 06-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-06) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Abrams, Elliot (interviewee); Barnes, Michael (correspondent); Chetty, Shawn (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The decision to relax the trade embargo against Haiti by the Bush administration is defended by Elliot Abrams, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. Legal council to ousted President Jean Betrand Aristide believes that the longer President Aristide remains out of office, chances for his re-instatement are diminished. There are reports on the repatriation of Haitian refugees and views expressed by lawyers of the United Nations High Commission for refugees. Finally the 40th anniversary of the reign of the Queen in Britain is reported on.
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    Caribbean Report 07-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-07) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Aristide, Jean Bertrand (interviewee); Abrams, Elliot (interviewee); Rangel, Charles (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Enright, Derrick (interviewee); Boyd, Mark Lennox (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jean Bertrand Aristide, ousted Haitian President, express indignation at the inability of the OAS to remove Haiti's military commander and contrasting views of U.S. officials are aired on the Haitian political situation. The Dominican Republic foreign Minister express the view that the meeting of the EC-ACP General Assembly carded to take place in Dominican Republic was not the forum for Jean Bertrand Aristide to air his views, while the newspaper in Cuba charge that the United States was using strong-arm tactics in dealing with Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay. There is a brief report on the flooding caused by surging tides in Cuba. Trinidad and Tobago is the second CARICOM country to remove the passport requirement for CARICOM national entering the country. British parliamentarians express sympathy to Caribean rum producers who are experiencing difficulty getting in to the French market and Chris Eubank, World Boxing Organization super middle weight champion is involved in an accident which leaves a road workman dead.
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    Caribbean Report 11-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-11) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Abrams, Elliot (interviewee); Bush, George; Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Reactions are still coming in to the recently announced initiative by the US president, George Bush, for partial relief of Latin American and Caribbean debt and their inclusion in a North American free trade area. The consequences of a free trade agreement between the US and Mexico for the Caribbean countries is also explored. Following the Financial News, in its fight for free and fair elections in Guyana, the Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) is supporting moves by the opposition parties to form a common slate for the upcoming elections and urging the Commonwealth Secretary General to send an urgent mission to Guyana. Cheddi Jagan, opposition leader, is also meeting with Washington's senators and congressmen to ensure that an observer team led by Jimmy Carter is present during the upcoming Guyanese elections. The report concludes with a general strike being called in Haiti by the Unity Assembly to protest against the public reappearance of two former military leaders, Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala.