Caribbean Report 15-08-1990

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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.authorCrosskill, Hugh (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorWeise, Ted (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRachman, Gideon (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOwens, Major (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-13T14:41:50Z
dc.date.available2014-03-13T14:41:50Z
dc.date.issued1990-08-15
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. A United States Congressman threatens Guyana with a total withdrawal of US aid if the Guyana Government fails to make immediate progress towards electoral reforms. Ted Weise is a New York Democrat and one of the eight signatories of a letter sent to US Secretary of State, James Baker, two weeks ago calling for the withholding of monies intended for Guyana (00:43-07:50)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Financial News (07:51-08:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The US Government has broken up a criminal ring which imported hundreds of women from Trinidad to work as nannies in the Washington-Baltimore area. Samuel Kaplan, the owner of a local employment agency, has been indicted on charges of conspiracy and immigration law violation. Gideon Rachman reports from Washington and Major Owens, New York Democrat Congressman, comments on the element of racial discrimination in the tightening of immigration and naturalization laws by the Americans (08:43-13:38)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. A two-day nation-wide strike in the Dominican Republic, organized by nine major unions in response to economic austerity measures announced by the government, has resulted in the death of 11 persons and the arrest of 2000 protestors (13:39-14:45)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 50 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR0558en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/34505
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.lcshElections -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyana -- Foreign relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshNannies -- Employmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Emigration and immigration -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshKaplan, Samuelen_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Casualties -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshDominican Republic -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherUnited States -- Economic assistance -- Guyana
dc.titleCaribbean Report 15-08-1990en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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