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    Caribbean Report 22-05-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-05-22) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Feierstein, Mark (interviewee); Sugden, David (interviewee); Woolston, Ben (interviewee); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Taylor, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In the aftermath of the general elections in the Dominican Republic, there are widespread rumours that Joaquin Balaguer has won the elections and secured a sixth term in office. While his reformist party is declaring him president, the two main opposition parties are claiming serious electoral malpractice and fraud. Secondly, a draft proposal by Britain on restricting of the banana market after 1992 is causing alarm amongst Caribbean banana producers. In the proposal, Britain is requesting a quota on the import of bananas to the EEC which is deemed by some analyst as impractical and could lead to a drastic fall in the price of bananas for Caribbean countries. Following the Financial News, the murder of a wealthy Englishman in St. Maarten is the latest in a series of violent crimes on the island. The report concludes with the appointment of David Taylor as the new governor of Montserrat, a former Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands.