Caribbean Report 18-10-1990

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:47)
2. Sam Hinds, former Chairman of GUARD, Guyana’s civic movement, confirmed that he accepted an invitation from the president of the People’s Progressive Party, Cheddie Jagan, to become his running mate in the upcoming elections. Leslie Goffe interviews Sam Hinds who also comments that his acceptance is not based on attracting the Afro-Guyanese voters (00:48-02:35)
3. Jeff Slade of America’s Watch, a human rights organization, warns Washington to be cautious of the promises of electoral reform by the Guyana’s government and expresses his skepticism on the prospect of meaningful change in Guyana (02:36-05:03)
4. Prominent British Methodist minister, Leslie Griffiths, says religion and the church is still the most important organ for social change in Haiti despite the divisions within its rank. Mr. Griffith spent ten years in Haiti and recently published a book on the history of the Protestant Church in Haiti (05:04-08:40)
5. Pearnel Charles, one of the disgruntled MPs known as the Gang of Five, responses to Edward Seaga’s message on Sunday regarding the recent purge of members of his shadow cabinet (08:41-10:12)
6. Caribbean nations to formulate an action plan on the environment at next week’s ministerial meeting in Trinidad. Out of the sixteen delegates from the Caribbean and Latin America, Debbie Ransome interviews Winston Rudder of Trinidad and Tobago, Randolph Cato of St. Vincent, Mark Griffith of Barbados and Dr. Walter Chin of Guyana (10:13-13:34)
7. British sprinter John Regis of St. Lucian parentage became the first man to win four medals at a European championship (13:35-14:46)

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