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    Caribbean Report 02-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-04-02) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Luchmon, Jagernath (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Williams, Philip (interviewee); Clarendon, Hannah (interviewee); Chand, Kamal (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Clarke, Lorna (correspondent); Hubert, Peter (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Concerns arise in Suriname over the increase in drug trafficking after the recent capture of a batch of cocaine with an estimated street value of over US$20 million. Comments are expressed on Suriname becoming an important factor in international drug trafficking from South America to Europe, and the disruption of the ongoing peace process in the light of the recent drug events. Following the Financial News, questions are posed over the preparedness of the Caribbean countries to penetrate the highly competitive trading block of the future European Single Market. At a meeting in London, constraints are identified by export promotion officials as ranging from a lack of adequate infrastructure to inefficiency in the Caribbean manufacturing sector. The next segment reports that the sugar industry in Guyana could experience further crisis after a decision by the major sugar union to hold a two-day strike. The industrial action is in response to a collapse of talks with Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) over wage claims. The report concludes with the voicing of concerns by black lawyers in Britain over the failure of the government to effectively tackle racism within the criminal system. The Society of Black Lawyers is calling for an anti-racism strategy to be implemented before the enactment of the new amendment outlawing legal discrimination against black barristers and offenders.
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    Caribbean Report 22-02-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-02-22) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Luchmon, Jagernath (interviewee); Porter, Adrian (correspondent); Ramos, Juan (interviewee); Foster, Arthur (analyst); Fraser, Sonia (correspondent); Alexander, Julius (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Tramboo, Majid (interviewee); Izméry, Antoine (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jagernath Luchmon, Suriname’s National Assembly Chairman is satisfied with the outcome of his meeting with Ronnie Brunswick, the leader of the jungle commando in which they discussed a new framework for peace talks. Secondly, the government of Puerto Rico intends to sell the state owned telephone company for an estimated two thousand million dollars in order to improve the educational system and other public services. Following the Financial News, the High Court in London rules that the British government broke the law concerning some of the procedures adopted to deport people from Britain. St. Vincentian-born Julius Alexander and Nigerian-born Shamusideen Oladehinde brought the case to the English High Court. The report concludes with the return to Haiti of Antoine Izmery, the exiled Haitian businessman who intends to continue his strong criticism of the military government of General Prosper Avril.