1988 July-December CR

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    Caribbean Report 13-09-1988
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1988-09-13) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); McDonald, Frankin (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Lestrade, Joyce (analyst); Marshall, Roy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Franklin McDonald of the Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Office in Antigua assesses the extent of damages caused by Hurricane Gilbert on Jamaica. The unofficial death toll at the time was 30, with five reported deaths. Secondly, the Cuban Ambassador to Britain returns to Havana after being expelled over a shooting incident involving his Third Secretary, Carlos Medina in Central London. A brief statement from Timothy Eggar, Britain’s Foreign Office Minister and a report from Lionel Martin, a correspondent in Havana accused the CIA of attempting to trap the diplomat. Thirdly, Guyana’s President, Desmond Hoyte meets with officials of the IMF, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. Guyana and the IMF agreed on a policy paper on strategies for economic recovery. In an interview, Desmond Hoyte stated that the agreement will be ratified by the end of the year, and Joyce Lestrade, a Guyanese national employed by the Economic Intelligence Unit in London provides an analysis of the foreign policy paper. The segment concludes with a report on the death of the former Antiguan cricketer and sports administrator, Danny Livingston, and comments from former colleague, Roy Marshall.
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    Caribbean Report 14-09-1988
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1988-09-14) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); O'Toole, Pamela (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Golding, Bruce (interviewee); Edwards, Andy (correspondent); Simpson, Judy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program provides an update on Hurricane Gilbert as it devastated Jamaica and Cayman Islands, and moves towards Mexico. Relief operations are underway in Jamaica and the United Nations appeals for aid in post-Gilbert Jamaica. Secondly, the expulsion of Cuban officials from Britain reiterates Cuba’s position that the incident was the result of a bungled CIA MI5 operation. Thirdly, the brutal attacks on two churches in Haiti and a raid on an independent radio station prompted the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees based in US to write to the US Secretary of State about the recent spate of violence in Haiti. The report also features an interview with Bruce Golding, Chairman of Jamaica’s ruling Labour Party, on the government’s success in reducing Jamaica's ganja production from 15,000 tons in 1986 to approximately 300 tons in 1988. It concludes with a brief interview with Judy Simpson, Jamaican-born heptathlete, at a training camp near Tokyo in her preparation for the Seoul Olympics.