1989 January-June CR

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    Caribbean Report 10-01-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-01-10) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Wooldridge, Mike (correspondent); Gomes, Pericles Ferreira (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Schulz, Phillip (corresondent); Permanand, Rabindranath (interviewee); Jeffers, Vernon (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Angola, the first contingent of Cuban troops to leave the country has been given a grand send-off. An estimated three thousand of the fifty thousand troops are expected to return to Cuba. The return of the soldiers are supervised by the United Nations Military Observers under Brazilian General Pericles Gomes. In Cuba, preparations are underway for the return of the first batch of troops. At the Conference on Chemical Disarmament in the Paris, a report indicated that Trinidad and Tobago and the Ivory Coast were the only two black nations that did not boycott the South African Foreign Minister's speech. This was refuted by the Trinidad and Tobago delegate, Rabindranath Permananad, the islands' permanent representative to the United Nations. Efforts are been made to avert another row between Britain and its Caribbean dependency, Montserrat on health care issues as it relates to specialist treatment in Britain.
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    Caribbean Report 11-01-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-01-11) Timmins, Jerry (anchor); Webster, Ronald (interviewee); Gumbs, Emile (interviewee); O'Toole, Pam (correspondent); Alarcon, Ricardo (interviewee); Earle, Tom (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Ronald Webster, leader of the Anguilla United Party criticized the ministers of the government of working only for fame and money. This was refuted by Chief Minister, Emile Gumbs. The withdrawal of the 50,000 Cuban troops in Angola is continuing with the second batch of soldiers to return to Cuba today. Ricardo Alarcon, the Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister who played a key role in the agreement for the troops withdrawal spoke on how Cuba is going to integrate the soldiers into Cuban society. The Canadian Federal Government's Royal Commission of Enquiry into Drug Use in Amateur Sports began in Toronto today. The enquiry was set up after sprinter, Ben Johnson was disqualified at the Seoul Olympics for anabolic steroids.