Caribbean Report 23-04-2002

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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.authorHayes, Rosie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Emily (analyst)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGibbings, Wesley (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMeade, Ben (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:28:12Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:28:12Z
dc.date.issued2002-04-23
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. President Fidel Castro is in a political battle with two of Cuba’s Latin American neighbours, following the vote in Geneva against its human rights record led by Uruguay and Mexico’s President Vicente Fox. Fidel Castro says they insulted him and interfered with his country’s policies and Uruguay breaks off diplomatic relations with Havana. Senior Analyst, the Economist Intelligence Unit, London, Emily Morris, comments on the insults and all three countries’ relations with the US (00:25-03:52)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In Mexico’s latest salvo the country’s Foreign Minister called Cuba “a democracy-free zone, devoid of respect for human rights” (03:53-04:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In the United states, Senator Byron Dorgan sets the stage for a possible showdown with the American State Department as he takes objection to a State Department decision to cancel the visas of several Cuban government officials, including Pedro Alvarez, Head of the Cuban Food Buying Agency, planning a trip to the US to purchase food. Ken Richards explains (04:02-05:19)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Haiti is downgraded in the only change among Caribbean countries, in the annual survey of press freedom by Freedom House. The American non-profit organisation that monitors political rights and civil liberties worldwide rated the press in Haiti as not free, a status that only Cuba had been previously given while all the other Caribbean countries are labelled as free, except for Antigua and Barbuda which is rated partly free. Bertram Niles reports (05:20-07:13)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Association of Caribbean Media Workers welcome the Freedom House report, but its President Wesley Gibbings says there is still concern over the freedom of press in Antigua highlighting the situation with Julius Gittens and his work permit difficulties and the threat to the lives of journalists in Haiti, where several media workers were targeted and attacked and one journalist, Brignolle Lindor, killed (07:14-10:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Twenty-five pre-market groups in the United States write to the Chairman and ranking members of the House and Senate Tax-writing Committee, urging them to reject what the groups call fiscal protectionism. The letter is sparked by the growing controversy about whether US corporations should be allowed to relocate to lower tax jurisdictions such as off-shore centres in the Caribbean. Ben Meade reports (10:23-12:29)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The storm over the patent rights of a process for manufacturing steel pans by an American, Harvey Price, does not look like it is going to go away soon, not if one of the great calypsonians, the Mighty Sparrow, has his way. Leslie Goffe reports (12:30-14:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Indian cricket fans celebrate their country’s first test victory in the Caribbean since 1976, after a 37-run win in the second test in Trinidad. The sport editor of the Hindustan Times explains how people on the sub-continent react (14:04-15:18)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 18 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3608en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47143
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.lcshHuman rights -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nations -- Resolutionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshUruguay -- Relations -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Relations -- Uruguayen_US
dc.subject.lcshMexico -- Relations -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Relations -- Mexicoen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Relations -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Relations -- Uruguayen_US
dc.subject.lcshUruguay -- Relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Relations -- Mexicoen_US
dc.subject.lcshMexico -- Relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshFox Quesada, Vicenteen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemocracy -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVisas -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCubans -- Purchasing -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDorgan, Byron L.en_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of the press -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of the press -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of the press -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of the press -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom House (U.S.)en_US
dc.subject.lcshLabour laws and legislation -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJournalists -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshJournalists -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVictims of violent crimes -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshTax and expenditure limitations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCorporations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanks and banking, Foreign -- Law and legislation -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanks and banking, Foreign -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPatents -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshMusical inventions and patentsen_US
dc.subject.lcshSteel drum (Musical instrument) -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmericansen_US
dc.subject.lcshSparrow (Calypso singer)en_US
dc.subject.lcshTest matches (Cricket) -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket matches -- Indiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket matches -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshHindustan Times Ltd.en_US
dc.subject.otherUnited Nations. Commission on Human Rights. Session (58th : 2002 : Geneva, Switzerland)en_US
dc.subject.otherAlvarez Borrego, Pedroen_US
dc.subject.otherUnited States. Department of Stateen_US
dc.subject.otherLindor, Brignolleen_US
dc.subject.otherGittens, Juliusen_US
dc.subject.otherAssociation of Caribbean Media Workersen_US
dc.subject.otherPrice, Harveyen_US
dc.subject.otherWest Indies v India at Port of Spain, Trinidad. 2nd Test (19-23 April 2002)en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 23-04-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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