Caribbean Report 16-11-1999

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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.authorCarle, Lee (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorKraushaar, Karen (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGarth, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBeckles, Hilary (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorTomlin, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGibb, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, Paul (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-19T13:38:45Z
dc.date.available2017-07-19T13:38:45Z
dc.date.issued1999-11-16
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Hurricane Lenny threatens Virgin Islands and neighboring countries. All countries remain on hurricane alert. Reporter, Lee Carle WSTA radio in St. Thomas reports on impending torrential rains and effects on territories (00:27 – 03:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Cuban President Fidel Castro opens Ibero-American Summit in Havana calling on Latin American countries to unite to protect their independence from US. Cuba will not abandon communism and is not supportive of democratic changes. Tom Gibb reports from Havana (03:12- 05:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In Geneva, a group of protestors were demonstrating against WTO proposals for unrestricted free trade citing this as the main reasons for heavy job losses. Ken Richards reports (05: 17 – 06:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Reports state that parts of rural Haiti has the highest rate of HIV infections in the Americas. Similar figures have been reported for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. Dr. Paul Farmer specialist in infectious diseases compares infection rates of expectant mothers with figures in neighboring territories and identifies causal factors influencing the spread of the disease (06:28 – 09:48)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Over 200,000 persons have been deported from the US on charges of criminal offences during the 1999 fiscal year according to USCIS report. Jamaica is at the top of the list with 2000 deportees. Immigration and Naturalization spokesperson Karen Kraushaar provides an overview of top ranking nation on the list. Leslie Garth reports (09:49 – 11:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Professor Hillary Beckles, professor of history at UWI discusses why the proportion of high school graduates in English speaking Caribbean who pursue tertiary education is lower than comparable figures in the Americas. He argues that this lower rate of progression is negatively affecting development in the region (11:32 – 15:23)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 23 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2972en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/44674
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.lcshHurricane Lenny, 1999en_US
dc.subject.lcshIbero-American Summit, 1999en_US
dc.subject.lcshCommunism -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshWorld Trade Organization -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational tradeen_US
dc.subject.lcshHIV (Viruses) -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTuberculosis -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHigh school graduates -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 16-11-1999
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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