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    Caribbean Report 05-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-05) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Alarcón, Ricardo (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Taylor, Jennifer (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Legal experts in Luxemburg and Brussels say that Germany will have an uphill legal battle to block the introduction of a new Europe banana regime – the German government plans to challenge the regime at the European Court of Justice – correspondent Shada Isalm reports. The government of Trinidad and Tobago is to seek international funding to fight crime. However, Minister of National Security Russell Huggins states that there is dire need of funds. Correspondent Tony Fraser PM reports from an interview with Prime Minister Patrick Manning. Cuban President Fidel Castro says he is willing to visit Washington if President Bill Clinton invites him - he has called Clinton “a man of peace." Cuba’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada says that the new US Secretary of state Alexander Watson has a good reputation in the region – correspondent Lionel Martin reports from Havana. The American Film Malcolm X opened in Brixton - South London, and cinemas in the Caribbean. Does the film have any particular meaning for Britain’s black community? That was the question BBC Caribbean put to people waiting for the film’s showing in South London – correspondent Debbie Ransome takes a look at the impact of Malcom X in Britain 30 years past and present. A Jamaican man - Augustus Brown, living in Brixton, London walked into a British police station and confessed to the murder of Leona Forbes who has been missing for 8 years, has escaped a murder trial – correspondent Carol Orr reports from an interview with her niece Jennifer Taylor.
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    Caribbean Report 11-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-11) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Rose, Renwick (interviewee); Bannis, Jacinta (interviewee); Vine, Jeremy (correspondent); Jones, Jim (interviewee); Alarcón, Ricardo (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Dutch and Netherlands government officials have adjourned the meeting on the future status of CARICOM territories without reaching a decision on Curacao and Aruba, and officials in Curacao and Aruba have rejected the plan. Renwick Rose, Windward Islands Farmers' Association is interviewed by Mike Jarvis and correspondent Eddie Williams reports on the situation. An agricultural diversification project in the Windward Islands is being criticized by at least one Non Governmental Agency for lack of coordination. The Dominican Small Projects Assistance Programme has been assisting small farmers to diversify. Correspondent Mike Jarvis interviews Jacinta Bannis, Assistant Program Director. Cuba has rejected a UN Resolution condemning human rights abuses on the island as lies and hypocrisy – the Resolution was approved in Geneva at a UN Human Rights Commission Meeting. Ricardo Alarcón, Cuban Foreign Minister says that the resolution was orchestrated and manipulated by the US and that Cuba will not welcome the investigator nor accept any manipulation of the US to get rid of Cuba’s Socialist Regime - correspondent Lionel Martin reports. Similarities are being drawn between US David Koresh leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect/ cult and the late cult and commune leader Jim Jones in Guyana. It is also noted the increased number of people of Caribbean origin are being drawn to the cult, and Jone’s ability to lead members of the commune to drink cyanide in one of the biggest ever mass suicide - correspondent Jeremy Vine reports. A report published in Britain by the London Research Centre (an independent body) noted that 1 in 10 families belonging to ethnic minorities in London have been subjected to racial harassment, in the form of verbal or physical attack. The report is described as the first large scale survey - one of the most disturbing findings of the survey is that the number of these crimes that have not been reported to the police – correspondent Mike Jarvis reports.
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    Caribbean Report 22-01-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-01-22) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Alarcón, Ricardo (interviewee); Jackson, Jessie (interviewee); Paul, Evans (interviewee); Caputo, Dante (interviewee); Corrada del Río, Baltasar (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Pantin, Bernard (interviewee); Mullin, Christopher John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Cuba has adopted a cautious wait and see attitude towards the new President Bill Clinton administration. President Clinton is caught between those in his party who advocate warmer relations between Cuba and those who want Fidel Castro removed - correspondent Lionel Martin interviews Cuba’s Foreign Minister - Ricardo Alarcón about the attitude of Havana to the new team in Washington and other current US foreign policy relations issues affecting Cuba, as well as Haiti. He felt that the US should not impose certain sanctions on Cuba and treat Cuba with respect. American activist – Rev. Jessie Jackson says that the Clinton administration must move quickly to restore democracy in Haiti. He criticized Clinton decision to use a naval blockade to stop an expected flood of refugees from Haiti. He also said that if something was not done soon Haitians will begin to cast themselves into the sea en masse. Meanwhile, in Port-au-Prince former mayor Evans Paul warned that Dante Cuputo - UN envoy to Haiti might be pushing too hard. Puerto Rico’s new government will maintain its links with the rest of the Caribbean, moves towards becoming a US state. Baltasar Corrada del Río - Puerto Rico’s Secretary of State of Puerto Rico’s for Overseas Caribbean Development programme - in an interview with Yvette Rowe advises that Puerto Rico won’t sever its ties with the rest of the Caribbean. He advised that because of Puerto Rico’s long history of ties with the Caribbean region and it its geo-political location it is important to trade and investment, communication, and technical development. The Puerto Rico’s Senate is debating a bill to repeal a law passed last year that makes Spanish the official language of the island. A similar bill has already been passed by the Lower House, and If the bill goes to the Senate, it would go on to conference where the two houses would work out a joint bill. This would mean that Puerto Rico would return to having two official languages – Spanish and English. Correspondent Debbie Ransome reports that Jamaican retention of the death penalty comes under fire from a senior British Opposition MP. Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman – a senior Br opposition MP has stepped up arguments linking Jamaican’s retention of the death penalty to aid and trade with Britain. The British government has ruled out such action. The intensity of the Labour’s Party campaign against the death penalty continues to place Jamaica under the spotlight. The campaign last year was fronted by Labour MP - Christopher John Mullin. However, MP Kaufman called for the abolition of the death penalty in Jamiaca, and his petition to Prime Minister John Major to make representation in the European Community 13 members to suspend their aid and trade links to Jamaica until the island improves its human rights record which he describes as one of the worst for any democracy. Correspondent Debbie Ransome reports that an official notice offering shares in the Barbados National Oil company appeared in Britain’s Guardian newspapers. The offering of the net assets of BNOC to would be British investors was advertised as part of the divestment plans by the Barbados government. American entertainment giant Time Warner and other American companies gets involved in a plan to distribute broadcasts from this year’s Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival abroad to an international audience. For the second consecutive year Trinidad’s National Carnival Commission has sold the rights to a local media house. This year media conglomerate Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) obtained these rights and brought in overseas companies to rebroadcasts. Correspondent Tony Fraser interviews CCN’s Station Manager - Bernard Pantin on the issue of how much control that Trinidad and Tobago will keep on its Carnival.