Caribbean Report 08-04-1994

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.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorFairley, Ian (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Barry (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorOrr, Carol (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Andrew (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T03:49:48Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T03:49:48Z
dc.date.issued1994-04-08
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with Yvette Rowe (00:00-00:23)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. According to William O’Neal, former legal Director of the International OAS UN Civilian Mission to Haiti, there is evidence of accelerated human rights abuses in Haiti. According to him the number of executions in that country is quite alarming and the number of forced disappearances in February and documented rape cases is also cause for concern (00:24- 4:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Former U.S. Defense Attorney Casper Weinberger has condemned the U.S. policy on Haiti. He said the policy is stupid and weak giving wide latitude to Haitian military leaders. He said Clinton’s two-footed support of ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide epitomized a lack of U.S. leadership on foreign policy issues worldwide (04:12-4:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Dominican Republic President Joaquin Balaguer has said the United Nations economic blockage has gone on too long and if it is not lifted soon, Haiti is in danger of a social explosion. Haiti’s legal advisor Bill O’Neal denounces that claim as hypocrisy (04:41-05:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The Dominican Republic’s election campaign is about to enter its last month. The opposition candidates have been repeatedly accused Joaquin Balaguer’s government of illegally using public funds to promote the President’s own campaign for re-election. The strongest accusations have come from Jose Francisco Pena Gomez of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, whose four or five-point lead over Balaguer seems to be stagnating (05:57-8:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A Canadian wild life group has joined the recent boycott campaign to dissuade travelers from going to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Grenada and Dominica as a protest against their stance on whaling issues. The Animal Alliance of Canada says it supports the U.S. based International Wildlife Coalition Initiative. However, International group Green Peace and the International Wildlife Fund have chosen not to support the boycott. The Director of the Animal Alliance of Canada comments on why his organization believes the boycott campaign is the right tactic (08:33-12:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. An article written in a British journal which suggests that war time leader Winston Churchill was a lifelong racist has caused controversy among his supporters in Britain. The piece published in the right-wing journal the Spectator was written by a young historian Andrew Roberts. The revelations are being viewed as an unwarranted attached on the reputation of Britain’s prime minister. Carol Orr reports (12:11- 14:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. A German minister has said he will use all available means to fight the recent banana agreement between the European Union and four Latin American producers (14:17-14:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Wrap-up (14:37-14:43)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 43 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1510en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48982
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.lcshAbuse of rights -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Foreign relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic sanctions, American -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshElection -- Corrupt practices -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshBoycotts -- Caribbean areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWhaling -- Conservationen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Economic aspects -- Latin Americaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEurope -- Foreign relations -- Latin Americaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRacism -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshChurchill, Winston, 1871-1965en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 08-04-1994en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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