Caribbean Report 11-02-1992

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHoyte, Desmond (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorEllis, John (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRansome, Debbie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBird, Lester (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Baldwin (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-15T14:07:12Z
dc.date.available2012-08-15T14:07:12Z
dc.date.issued1992-02-11
dc.description.abstractOusted Haitian President, Jean Bertrand Aristide is advised by the Dominican Republic to refrain from speaking at an EC-ACP General Assembly meeting scheduled to take place in that country, due to claims that there might be security issues, while there are reports that there are concerns about what Aristide might say at the meeeting. Powdered milk sent by the European comunity as humanitarian aid to Haiti is on sale in the Dominican Republic. The United States Supreme Court gives the Bush administration 3 days to respond to claims that evidence was covered up of repatriated Haitians being persecuted upon return to their homeland. Report on the affidavits filed in preparation for the hearing in which members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen are claiming amnesty from accusations of treason and murder charges linked to the failed coup attempt in Trinidad in 1990. Eight countries around the border of the amazon rain forest sign a declaration and call on industrialized nations to play their part in conserving the environment. The chairman of an Irish banana company express concern for Caribbean farmers with the restrictive regulations of the European community, and there is resistance from Antigua and Barbuda as the United States attempt to remove its visa section from the Antiguan embassy.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:47)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Report on the advise given to ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide that he should not speak at an EC-ACP General Assembly meeting scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic due to claims by that government of security issues, while Hugh Crosskill reports on the possible concerns about what Aristide might say due to the historical relations between the 2 countries (00:48-02:20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Hugh Crosskill reports on the sale in the Dominican Republic of powdered milk sent by the European community to Haiti as Humanitarian aid for free distribution (02:21-03:04)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. While the United States Supreme Court refuses to go as far as blocking the Haitian repatriation process, it gives the Bush administration three days to respond to charges that it covered up evidence of repatriated Haitians being persecuted upon return to their homeland (03:05-04:18)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Report on the alleged amnesty signed by the then President Emmanuel Carter for acts linked to the 1990 attempted coup in Trinidad, who says he was a reluctant signatory (04:19-04:52)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Tony Fraser reports on the affidavits being filed in the Port of Spain courts in preparation for the March hearing in which 119 members of the Jamaat - al - Muslimeen are claming amnesty from accusations of treason and murder charges linked to the failed coup (04:53-06:13)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Eight countries sharing the border of the Amazon rain forest sign a declaration and call on the world's industrialized nations to play their part in conserving the world's environment. An interview is aired with President Desmond Hoyte who says he plans to bring the treaty declaration before other Caribbean community heads at a meeting scheduled to take place in Jamaica (06:14-07:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Report on the latest development of an Irish Banana exporting Company, whose chairman John Ellis says more bananas would be welcome from the Caribbean, while he is interviewed by Debbie Ransome on the lack of guarantees for expansion by Caribbean farmers with regulations in the European market (07:28-10:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Antigua and Barbuda is at the forefront of a lobby seeking to convince the United States to retain the visa section of its Antigua embassy. Antigua's Minister of External Affairs Lester Bird says the decision would create hardships for residents of the Leeward Islands, while the leader of the United Democratic Party, Baldwin Spencer believes that U.S. displeasure with the Bird administration could have been a factor (10:12-14:15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. As Mike Jarvis ends the report he refers again to reports of the sale of powdered milk destined for Haiti in the Dominican Republic, a story he says the BBC will be following (14:16-14:59)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 59 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR0947en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/13190
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAristide, Jean-Bertrand.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Foreign relations -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHumanitarian assistance.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHumanitarianism.en_US
dc.subject.lcshRefugees -- Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMuslims, black -- Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNature conservation -- Amazon River Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAntigua and Barbuda -- Foreign relations -- United States.en_US
dc.subject.otherHaitian Refugees -- United States.en_US
dc.subject.otherCoup d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 11-02-1992en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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