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Item Caribbean Report 15-12-1995(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-12-15) Richards, Ken (anchor); Milner, Alex (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Nairn, Allan (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Little, Rex (interviewee); Marshall, Hugh (interviewee); Bernal, Richard (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe West Indies Cricket Board of Control discusses among other issues, the future of Brian Lara with the West Indies team. In Haiti, the country heads into Presidential elections with Rene Preval, candidate for President Aristide's Lavalas party, regarded as a favourite to win. American journalist Allan Nairn states that he has uncovered new evidence which further implicates the CIA in supporting the paramilitary gang FRAPH in Haiti. Police are investigating fires at two Cable and Wireless installations in St. Lucia which affected many cable subscribers and ran into millions of dollars in damages. In Antigua, there is a leadership crisis in the two months old People's Democratic Movement. Some Antiguans express skepticism about the new party and Mr. Hugh Marshall comments on the power struggle within the ranks. Jamaican Ambassador Richard Bernal urges small developing countries to vigorously pursue the process of preparation for participation in the Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA). In cricket, the West Indies Cricket Board has taken a decision that its headquarters will be moved from Barbados to Antigua.Item Caribbean Report 17-03-1995(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-03-17) Orr, Carol (anchor); Burnhill, Bobbie (correspondent); Rush, George (correspondent); Sobion, Keith (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Sanchez, Elizardo (interviewee); Fairley, Ian (correspondent); Pierce, Dennis (interviewee); Nairn, Allan (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationPolice in the British Virgin Islands have made one of the region's biggest cocaine seizures. The debate on the controversial issue of independence of Bermuda began in the country's Parliament. The Trinidad and Tobago government is seeking to end constitutional motions to Britain's Privy Council. The country's Attorney General Keith Sobion argued that this is in response to concern over the abuse of constitutional motions by prisoners on death row. Cuba's President Fidel Castro returned home following a visit to France during which he gave a tentative agreement to a human rights probe. Rosie Hayes reports on reactions in Cuba to a possible human rights probe. In Haiti there is a wave of petty crime with signs that the population is applying its own form of justice. Meanwhile, journalist Michael Norton reports on what is being done officially to tackle the growing rise in crime in Haiti.