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    Caribbean Report 25-01-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-01-25) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Wearne, Phillip (correspondent); Urfie, Jean-Yves (interviewee); Clark, Sarah (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Atacho, Pedro (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Mayor Zaragoza, Federico (interviewee); Baez, Raffaello (interviewee); Roberts, Lesley (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, Haiti's Justice Minister, Ernst Malebranche confirms his resignation and his plans to return to private law practice. Journalist Phillip Wearne files a report on the dilemma of justice versus vengeance issue in Haiti, after President Aristide's return to power. An interview with Jean-Yves Urfie, the editor of the country's only creole newspaper, echoes the doubts of many ordinary Haitians. Sarah Clark, Deputy Director of USAID in Haiti appreciates the problem and the dilemma faced by the current administration in Haiti. Mike Jarvis reports that Dutch St. Martin is to host a regional conference on judicial cooperation next year. Minister of Justice of the Netherland Antilles, Pedro Atacho stated that the region should adopt a joint and inter-regional approach to combat narco-trafficking and money laundering. A decision against casino gambling in Jamaica has seen a local hotel project in Montego Bay scaled down. Following anti-tax demonstrations in Antigua, the Opposition plans a general strike. Rosie Hayes speaks to Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Director-General of UNESCO, who says his agency's main role in Cuba is peace building. In the Dominican Republic, the plight of children being used to spread dangerous and illegal pesticides in agricultural work is examined. Director and Regional Coordinator of the Dominican Republic Environment Liaison Center, Raffaello Baez, has been documenting evidence on the issue for some time but gathering evidence and the denial of information by the government and private industries have hampered efforts. These concerns were then raised with Lesley Roberts, the Director of the London-based Anti-Slavery International.
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    Caribbean Report 26-01-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-01-26) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Bird, Lester (interviewee); Spencer, Baldwin (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Smith, Clifford (correspondent); Wearne, Phillip (correspondent); Jean-Baptiste, Chavannes (interviewee); Clark, Sarah (interviewee); Regan, Jane (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this Caribbean Report: Antigua's Prime Minister Lester Bird has indicated that he would be sticking to his financial tax plans despite the Opposition threat to call a general strike. Hugh Crosskill reports on an editorial in the prestigious Financial Times (FT) which states the European Union has gone bananas. In a published response, Bernard Cornibert, Managing Director of the Windward Island Banana Development and Exporting Company (WIBDECO), pointed out that ACP countries need trade not aid or handouts. In Brussels, Clifford Smith reports on negotiations to liberalize the European market for imported rum from the ACP group of countries. However, concerns have been raised by the French in the name of protecting their production of traditional dark rum. In Haiti, the government is calling on the international community for the speedy delivery of the promised aid package. Phillip Wearne interviews Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, leader of the largest peasant organization in Haiti, on the US strategy as Haiti is now a battlefield to two diametrically opposed models of development - one Haitian, the other American. Sarah Clark, Deputy Director of USAID in Haiti, is questioned on whether the ordinary Haitian should be very nervous about the intended structural adjustment plan, given the devastating social impacts on other Caribbean countries. And finally, John Paul Getty II, a reclusive billionaire has married his companion of twenty years, Victoria Holdsworth on December 29th in a secret ceremony in Barbados.