1990 July-December CR

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    Caribbean Report 17-10-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-17) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Roy, Louis (interviewee); O'Neil, William (interviewee); Crusol, Jean (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Core, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-02) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Ray, Michaele (interviewee); Aristide, Jean Bertrand (interviewee); Hufbauer, Gary (analyst); Coloma, Dina (interviewee); Corneal, Alvin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Haitian Electoral Council has announced 4th November 1990 as the date of the long awaited general elections of the country and the army has promised to guarantee security during the elections period. Many Haitians are unconvinced by the army’s promise and according to Jean-Bertrand Aristide only the United States can bring some semblance of order within the Haitian army. Following the Financial News, four executions carried out in Guyana last month prompted Amnesty International to issue a report expressing concern over the resumption of executions in Guyana and calls on the Guyanese government to change all death sentences. In the last segment, football fans around the world bade farewell to the Cameroon’s World Cup team after a 3-2 defeat against England in the quarter-finals. The feat of being the first Third World nation to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals serves as an inspiration to the Trinidad and Tobago World Cup team who did not qualify due a 1-0 defeat against the United States.
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    Caribbean Report 03-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-03) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Clyde, Susan (interviewee); Caroit, Jean-Michel (correspondent); Nightingale, Nicholas (analyst); Stainer, Robin (interviewee); Gunn, Richard (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The issue of proper security by the Haitian army during the upcoming November 4th elections is addressed by Susan Clyde, US Embassy spokesman, in response to comments by Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Secondly, a student is killed and three others seriously injured in violent clashes between the police and demonstrators over social and political discontent in the Dominican Republic. Following the Financial News, the Executive Board of the International Coffee Organization met in London to discuss the prospects of a new coffee agreement to assist in stabilizing the fluctuating prices of coffee. In the final segment, the ACP Working Group on Bananas meets in Brussels on Friday to formulate a common position for the regulation of the banana trade in Europe after 1992. The Caribbean countries hope that consideration will be given to the Caricom position which was drafted after the controversial proposals of the British government did not meet the expectations of the Caricom banana producers.
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    Caribbean Report 04-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-04) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Brunswick, Ronnie (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Varsi, Mehdi (analyst); Osborne, John; Fergus, Howard (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The leader of Suriname’s Jungle Commando, Ronnie Brunswick, completed a series of meetings with the government and opposition politicians in Holland. He is attempting to convince the Dutch that Suriname’s Bush Negro population is in dire need of humanitarian assistance and the guerrilla war in Suriname’s interior can only be ended with official Dutch assistance. Secondly, whilst Yesu Persaud is pressured by the Guyanese government due to his opposition to groups supporting the re-election of Desmond Hoyte, his popularity continues to grow amongst members of the civil reform movement, Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy. Following the Financial News, the Speaker of Montserrat’s Legislative Council suggests that Montserratians are not interested in seeking independence and comments on the remarks by the Chief Minister that the British government is racist on the question of granting nationality status. The final segments provides an insight into tomorrow’s special edition and reports on the recent win by the Jamaican sprinter, Merlene Ottey, as she ran the fastest 200 meters race for the year in East Berlin.
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    Caribbean Report 05-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In a special edition of the Caribbean Report, David Jessop, Executive Director of the West India Committee and Pat Thompson, Executive Director of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce express fears that the Caribbean region is unprepared for the challenges ahead. According to Jessop and Thompson, unless the Caribbean leaders and public and private sectors officials address the growing challenges of the region with a greater sense of urgency, the Caribbean will be left behind in the international arena. Developments that impact the sustainability of the Caribbean economies include the approach of 1992, the European Single Market, the events in Eastern Europe and the US free trade initiatives.
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    Caribbean Report 06-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-06) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Francis, Gloria (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Garley, Steve (analyst); Weisglas, Frans (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    With pre-election violence on the upsurge in Haiti, the Independent Electoral Council protests against the reappearance of Williams Regala, one of the most feared man in the country who was the alleged instigator of the violence that aborted the 1987 elections. Secondly, the ACP Working Group on Bananas held a meeting in Brussels to examine Caricom’s proposals for the regulation of the banana trade in Europe. In the next segment, a study entitled “Europe 1992 and the Caribbean: Crisis, Challenge and Opportunity” by Wilberne Persaud purports that prolong dependence on preferential markets in Europe without more efficient production and diversity will increase the Caribbean’s economic and social problems. Following the Financial News, the British charter travel to Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic have been affected by the rise in British interest rates. In Suriname, the government is accusing the Dutch of improper behaviour after the opposition politicians in Holland hold talks with Ronnie Brunswick, Suriname’s Jungle Commando. However, the Dutch government refused Ronnie Brunswick to meet with Holland’s Foreign Minister and accommodated talks between Brunswick and senior civil servants. The report concludes with a victory by the Jamaican silver medallist, Grace Jackson, in the 200 meters race at the International Athletics Club Grand Prix in Edinburgh.
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    Caribbean Report 10-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-10) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Gunness, Chris (correspondent); Longshaw, Fritz (interviewee); Clermont, Leslie (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Blake, Byron (interviewee); Casino, Andre (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    As Haiti prepares for elections in November, the return of two key military leaders, Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala, sends shockwaves throughout the country. There are also speculations of a pending coup to reinstate the former Haitian president, Leslie Manigat, who is expected to arrive in Haiti tomorrow. Following the Financial News, the Caricom Heads of Government gear up for the Jamaican summit at the end of July and many of the deadlines set out in the Grand Anse Declaration in Grenada last year have not been met. In the next segment, seven Cubans have taken refuge in the Czechoslovakian embassy in Havana. They are members of the opposition groups in Cuba who have been asking for permission to leave the island to publicise their views abroad. The report concludes with the Jamaican sprinter, Merlene Ottey recording the faster time this year in the 200 meters at the Grand Prix Athletics Meeting in Nice.
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    Caribbean Report 11-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-11) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Abrams, Elliot (interviewee); Bush, George; Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Reactions are still coming in to the recently announced initiative by the US president, George Bush, for partial relief of Latin American and Caribbean debt and their inclusion in a North American free trade area. The consequences of a free trade agreement between the US and Mexico for the Caribbean countries is also explored. Following the Financial News, in its fight for free and fair elections in Guyana, the Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) is supporting moves by the opposition parties to form a common slate for the upcoming elections and urging the Commonwealth Secretary General to send an urgent mission to Guyana. Cheddi Jagan, opposition leader, is also meeting with Washington's senators and congressmen to ensure that an observer team led by Jimmy Carter is present during the upcoming Guyanese elections. The report concludes with a general strike being called in Haiti by the Unity Assembly to protest against the public reappearance of two former military leaders, Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala.
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    Caribbean Report 12-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-12) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Rohan, Paul (correspondent); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Mallet, George (interviewee); Bakan, Abigail (interviewee); Stainer, Robin (analyst); Sabala, Jean-Robert (interviewee); Arteaga, Jose (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The refugee crisis in Cuba continues as seven more Cubans take up refuge in the Czechoslovakian Embassy. In addition to the seven asylum seekers yesterday, the fourteen refugees are now requesting safe passage out of the country. Secondly, in order for the Caribbean countries to expand trade with the European Economic Community, the EEC recommends that the Caribbean nations reorganise their economies, improve marketing techniques and prepare for tougher competition in European markets. In the Financial News segment, Abigail Bakan comments on her paper entitled “Labour and Capital in Canada and the Caribbean” presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies in Northern England. In the next segment, the Brazilian exporters react to the return of the international export quotas to control coffee supplies and prices. Following, a Haitian delegation is at the United Nations to gain support and assistance for the country’s upcoming elections and explores the redrafting of the 1987 election law to align it with the present political status of Haiti. The report concludes with the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in New York criticising the Dominican Republic for its treatment of Haitian sugar workers. The government of the Dominican Republic dismisses all criticisms and claims that the working conditions of Haitians in the Dominican Republic are acceptable as compared to workers in other countries.
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    Caribbean Report 13-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-13) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Roy, Louis (interviewee); Carroll, Roger (correspondent); Simpson, Bob (correspondent); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Pyne, Geoff (analyst); Buchanan Calder, Paulette (analyst); Mallet, George (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The president of Haiti’s Council of State says that the return of Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala has jeopardized the upcoming elections in November and recommends the arrest of these two former military leaders given their alleged record of torture and murder in the past. Secondly, over 40 Haitians drowned and 250 survived as they attempted to sail to the Bahamas as illegal immigrants. In the Dominican Republic, election results are still pending two months after the presidential elections and the instability of the country is exacerbated by a current shortage of diesel fuel on the island. Following the Financial News, St. Lucia’s Deputy Prime Minister held meetings with the British Department of Transport in London seeking to convince them of a need for a second air service out of the UK to St. Lucia. The report concludes with Stories of Caribbean Interest Appearing in the British Press.
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    Caribbean Report 16-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-16) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Hockaday, Mary (correspondent); Stainer, Robin (analyst); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); De Ronceray, Hubert (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    A number of diplomats at the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Havana are taken hostage by a group of Cubans seeking political asylum from the Czechoslovakian government which has been sympathetic to the plight of Cubans under the Castro regime. Following the Financial News, the major opposition party in Guyana, the People’s Progressive party, is a force to be reckoned with as it gains momentum on the campaign trail by attracting large crowds at public meetings. The report concludes with an ultimatum issued by six of Haiti’s political parties to President Trouillot for the arrest of Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala by noon today. Despite no arrest taking place, President Trouillot has decided that the arrest of these two former military leaders is imminent.
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    Caribbean Report 17-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-17) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Hockaday, Mary (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Louie, Kathy (correspondent); Greaves, Evelyn (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Dryden, Dudley (interviewee); Flynn, Don (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 18-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-18) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Schofield, Hugh (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Montague, Michelle (correspondent); Kirton, Allan (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Fleming, Albert (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-19) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Johnson, Lionel (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Mitchell, James (interviewee); Lord, Robert (analyst); Pack, Chris (analyst); Boatwright, Reid (interviewee); Sheets, Bob (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 20-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-20) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Brown, Tim (correspondent); Smith, Larry (interviewee); Bird, Anthony (analyst); Singh, Lall (interviewee); Edwards, Andy (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 23-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-23) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Voss, Gary (interviewee); Montague, Michelle (correspondent); Powell, Christopher (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Rowe, Tony (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 24-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-24) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Schiff, Jan (correspondent); Montague, Michelle (correspondent); Seners, Francois (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Ferguson, James (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 25-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-25) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Jagan, Janet (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Varsi, Mehdi (analyst); Bajeux, Jean-Claude (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Greaves, Evelyn (interviewee); Voss, Gary (interviewee); Stewart-Young, Brian (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 26-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-26) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Johnson, Lionel (interviewee); Madeira, Jones P. (interviewee); Barnett, Lloyd (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Nunez, Philip (interviewee); Mitchell, James (interviewee); Louie, Kathy (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 27-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-27) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Dejoie, Louis (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Haynes, Richie (interviewee); Pantin, Dennis (interviewee); Castro, Fidel; Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Whitehead, Andy (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation