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Item Caribbean Report 01-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-01) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn this report Reuben Meade, Montserrat's Chief Minister and leader of the National Progressive Party is interviewed by Hugh Croskill. Reference is made to Meade's young age of thirty-seven and his position as the youngest Head of Government in the Caribbean. Meade gives an insight into his qualifications, training and early experiences in various islands in the Caribbean. He shares his political views and his plans for the future, one of which is uniting British Caribbean dependencies in their approach to regional matters and future involvement in the OECS and CARICOM.Item Caribbean Report 02-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-02) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationAnchor, Mike Jarvis and various correspondents explore a number of issues in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Guyana. In Jamaica the withdrawal of P.J Patterson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Michael Manley is reported. The report on Haiti explores the situation of ousted Presidnet Jean-Bertrand Aristide, while that on Cuba report on claims by the government regarding foreign help to dissidents. Guyana's election campaign and the position of President Desmond Hoyte on a democratic election process is reported on.Item Caribbean Report 03-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-03) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Sandiford, Lloyd (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Garcia-Passalacqua, Juan Manuel (interviewee); James, Canute (interviewee); Noyola, Pedro (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn this report relations between Trinidad and Barbados are reported on, while the Trinidadian Prime Minister compares the Trinidadian and Jamaican economy on the issue of foreign exchange controls. A subsequent segment compares the decisions of the Jamaican Prime MInister to those made by other Caribbean leaders. Views are expressed on the stepping down of the Puerto Rican governor and a segment reports on trade relations which Mexico wishes to establish with the Caribbean. The dispute over a cargo of Colombian oil destined for the Bahamas but ended up in Haiti is finally reported on.Item Caribbean Report 06-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-06) Manley, Michael (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Bazon, Daniel (interviewee); Blades, Hayden (interviewee); Bamford, Sue (correspondent); Van Bromble, Joaquim (interviewee); Williams, Colin (correspondent); Connell, Arthur (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn this BBC recording reports are given on a new committee of 'wisemen' established by the Jamaican Prime Minister, the call for the removal of the International trade embargo against Haiti, the threat of a military coup in Suriname and the view that there should be greater flexibility by CARICOM. This report also sheds light on Cuba's tourism thrust as an avenue for economic development and the collapse of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chamber of Commerce.Item Caribbean Report 07-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-07) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Weatherill, Bernard (interviewee); Newbold, Charles (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationThis recording reports on a meeting held between ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Venezuelan President; on the possibility of a military coup in Suriname; on the Conference of Commonwealth Speakers; price cuts by Britain's largest tour operator; on the election campaign in Guyana and on two of Britains sportsmen in the fields of boxing and cricket. Interviews are held with various individuals from some of the regions covered.Item Caribbean Report 08-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-08) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Bazin, Marc (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Gregory, Errol (interviewee); Silverman, John (correspondent); Ellis, Marlene (interviewee); Martins, Lorraine (interviewee); Brown, Eric (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationReporters explore political developments in Haiti with deposed President Jean-Betrand Aristide's support for the communist leader, Rene Theodore. Also reported on is the capture of three Cuban exiles in Miami and the criticism in editorials in two of Jamaica's newspapers of Michael Manley's speech on financial issues. There is also a segment exploring the relations between the police force and the black community in England. Finally Grammy Award nominees for the best Reggae Album category are announced.Item Caribbean Report 09-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-09) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Edmunds, Joseph (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Tweddle, Douglas (interviewee); Penrose, Roy (interviewee); Persaud, Yesu (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe embargo against Haiti and the stance taken by members of the OAS is reported on, as well as the controversy of the awarding of a contract to the Shell Oil Company by a government Minister without the approval of the Jamaican Prime Minister. Other reports on the Caribbean Area include the election campaign in Guyana and the connection between the illegal drug trade in Britain and the Caribbean, especially Jamaica. There is a brief report on a meeting to discuss the banana trade, as well as a subsequent segment on the former West Indies cricket capain's involvement in the upcoming World Cup in Australia.Item Caribbean Report 10-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-10) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Chardy, Alfonso (interviewee); Valdes, Umberto (interviewee); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Todd, Gordon (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Greenidge, Carl (interviewee); Harding, Oswald (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationReports are aired on the murder of three Cuban Revolutionary Guards and its impact on Cuba and the Cuban community in Miami. The difficulties, both political and economic, of the Surinamese government are also reported on as well as the economic improvement of the Guyanese economy. However there is another report on the frequent power outages of the Guyanese electricity company and the possible sale of the company to foreign interest. There is also news on the controversy of the tax waiver issue by the Shell Oil Company and the involvement of two Jamaican ministers of the Jamaican Labour Party. The final segment reports briefly on a meeting of banana producing countries.Item Caribbean Report 13-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-13) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); McNamara, Robert (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Tony, Fraser (correspondent); Benson, Howard (correspondent); Compton, John (interviewee); Hall, Marshall (interviewee); Manley, Michael (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThere are a few segments covering Cuba, including the death sentence for three Cuban exiles and views emanating from a conference on the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Haiti is also covered and the reconvening of Haiti's National Assembly. There are reports on the 1992 budget for Trinidad and Tobago and reports of a meeting of officials from Caribbean and Central American banana producing countries. The issue of regional integration is also raised and views on the issue is expressed by Sir Shridath Ramphal. Finally the views on the economic outlook for Jamaica in 1992 by the Jamaican Prime Minister is expressed and his plans to increase the salary of Jamaican M.P.'s.Item Caribbean Report 14-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-14) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); McNamara, Robert (interviewee); Brian, Anthony (interviewee); Compton, John (interviewee); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); McCleod, Errol (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationThere are reports on the activities of Cuban exiles and Cuban-United States relations, as well as on a meeting held in Belize among banana producing countries. The view of the St. Lucian Prime Minister, John Compton on the banana industry is reported. In terms of reports on economic conditions, Suriname's economic adjustment programme is discussed as well as the pending 1992 budet statement by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. The expectations of various sectors in Trinidad and Tobago from the 1992 budget is also reported on.Item Caribbean Report 15-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-15) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Carver, Tom (correspondent); Matos, Hugo (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Barsotti, Frank (interviewee); St Cyr, Eric (interviewee); Blane, Colin (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationThere are reports on the prospects of a tour for the South African cricket team in the Caribbean and on the visit by officials of the West Indies Cricket Board to South Africa. There is a report on the death sentence which was imposed on three Cuban exiles and the position of the Cuban Independent Democratic Movement based in Miami. Further reports address the attempt to control the army by the Surinamese government, the views of economists in Trinidad and Tobago on the possible floating of the dollar and finally on the call in Ethiopia for an investigation into the death of the late Emperor Haile Selassie.Item Caribbean Report 16-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-16) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Dorancy, Rolande (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Walcott, Clyde (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationInitial segments highlight the plans for the tour of the West Indies by the South African cricket team and of the planned West Indies cricket team's tour of South Africa. Further reports inform on the plans to restore Haiti's ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office and of the screening of Haitian refugees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There is also news on the death sentences imposed on three men charged in Cuba for terrorist activities and of the upholding of two of the sentences by the Supreme Court. The final segments inform on documents relating to the Presidential Amnesty linked to the attempted coup in Trinidad and of the regular absences from office of the Jamaican Prime Minister even with his lack of apointment of a deputy prime Minister.Item Caribbean Report 17-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-17) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Gonzales, Anthony (interviewee); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Brenner, Phillip (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn this report Sir Shridath Ramphal's criticism of CARICOM is condemned by Dominica's Prime Minister, Eugenia Charles, and the decline in trade among CARICOM states is also reported on. There are reports on an OAS sponsored meeting which attempts to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office. In the final segments, the position of the European Community Executive Commission's stance on the expulsion of Haiti from the Lomé Convention is reported on and on the new foreign policy of the Cuban government.Item Caribbean Report 20-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-20) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Mills, Gladstone (interview); Simmons, Kennedy (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); King, Morris (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn this report Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica crticises Sir Shridath Ramphal's opinion on how CARICOM is being run, while various other segments deal with other opinions on CARICOM , particularly the Mills Report drafted for CARICOM . The author of the Mills Report, Sir Gladstone Mills also give his opinion. The possible postponement of CARIFESTA scheduled to take place in Trinidad is also reported on, as well as the failure of a meeting held in Washington to discuss the possible reinstatement of the ousted Presidnet Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office. There is news of the attempt by Guyana's election commission to acquire more control of the election process and the final segement deals with the opening of the hearing in Trinidad on the attempt by the Muslimeen to overthrow the government.Item Caribbean Report 22-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-22) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Fairley, Ian (correspondent); Birns, Larry (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Cuffy, Victor (interviewee); Alexander, Freida (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationIn the light of the trade embargo against Haiti, it is reported that there are discussions on trade ties being formed btween Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as some of the views expressed on the handling of the Haiti situation. Also reported is the condemnation geared towards Cuba for the execution of a convicted man for terrorism, by the European Community and by human rights groups in the Caribbean. Further reports on the Cuban matter give details of the Cuban exiled group which is claiming responsibility for the failed terrorist attack and finally there are reports on the criticism levied towards some aspects of the economic adjustment programme designed by the accounting firm Cooperas and Lybrand, by the Surinnam parliament.Item Caribbean Report 23-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-23) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Mottley, Wendell (interviewee); Alexander, Leslie (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Bird, Tony (interviewee); Davis, Carlton (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationTrinidad's debts and plans for the flow of currency with investments encouraged by the Minister of Finance, is reported on. There are reports on the move towards trade between the Dominican Republic and Haiti and the United States stance on the trade embargo and reactions from Haitian parliamentarians. There is a segment on the decline of the world price of alumina, and the opposing views of a London based commodity analysts and Dr. Carlton Davis of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute, is aired. The British West Indian Airways (B.W.I.A.) plans to accrue profits in the coming year after years of cash flow losses, while there are debates on the writing off of debts owed to Britain by the British Virgin Islands. There are reports on the International criticism towards Cuba on the death penanlty imposed on a Cuban exile and reactions to this criticism in Cuba's official newspapers; while Haitians are picked up from overlaoded boats in Internationsl waters by the United States Coast guards.Item Caribbean Report 24-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-24) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Huntley, Earl (interviewee); Walcott, Clyde (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationReports indicate that there is unoffical trade between the Dominican Republic and Haiti despite claims of observance to the trade embargo. There are also reports on the questions arising out of the decision to hold the Joint Assembly's meeting in Santo Domingo in light of the trade situation with Haiti. Ousted Presdient Jean Bertrand Aritisde is invited to address the Assembly at this meeting. There are also reports on the meeting of the final Regional Constituent Assembly taking place in Grenada and on the views of the secretary of the assembly on the gains made at the assembly's meetings. The President of the West Indian Cricket Board ends his official visit to South Africa, the purpose of which was to formally establish connections with the new South African cricket authorities and to obtain first hand account of the attempts to rid the sport of any links to apartheid. The final segment briefly report on the trade accord signed between Cuba and North Korea.Item Caribbean Report 27-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-27) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Best, Lloyd (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Fergus, Howard (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Douglas, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationReports address the disruption of a political meeting held by the Prime Minister in Haiti, Rene Theodore in which his bodyguard was shot and killed and on speculations of the return of ousted President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. There are also reports on the reconsideration of the hosting of Carifesta by the Trinidad and Tobago government and on the consideration of new proposals. News out of Jamaica report on the stance of officials that they have been adhering to their comittments they undertook at the last Caricom summit in St. Kitts in light of questions raised on the seriousness to Caricom integration by Sir Shridath Ramphal. In St. Lucia the opposition claims that a planned meeting by the Constituency Boundaries Commission is for the realigning of political boundaries for the purpose of giving the ruling party an unfair advantage.Item Caribbean Report 28-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-28) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); Durancy, Rolande (interviewee); Myers, Lincoln (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationReports discuss the need for IMF approval for an economic recovery programme in Grenada and the limited space claimed by the U.S. coast guard for housing Haitian refugees. Other reports discuss the public meeting held by the West Indian Commission in Trinidad for the gathering of views to be presented to Caricom heads, as well as the organised oil rackets which has emerged in Cuba. The final segment briefly report on a strongly worded protest sent to Fidel Castro by the London based International Press Institute.Item Caribbean Report 29-01-1992(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-29) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Nuttall, Chris (correspondent); Snyder, Joseph (interviewee); Longchamp, Fritz (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Compton, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThere are reports on the United States refusal to respond to claims that it will be closing the U.S. embassy in Haiti and is considering military action to enforce the trade embargo; the increased number of Haitian refugees and on a letter written to the Haitian army denouncing the violence occurring. The opposing views of Sir Shridath Ramphal, chairman of the West Indian Commission and Dame Eugenia Charles, Dominica's Prime Minister, over Caricom leaders response to Caribbean integration, are aired. The John Compton's government in St. Lucia denies claims by the opposition of attempting to realign elections boundaries and a meeting of Caribbean and Central Ameican foreign ministers is to take place in Honduras to explore opportunities for economic and diplomatic cooperation.