Caribbean Report 11-05-1992

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. General Secretary of the Caribbean Conference of Churches, Edward Cumberbatch, expresses surprise at the Vatican’s decision to officially recognize the illegitimate government in Haiti (00:35-02:49)
3. Head of World Bank’s Caribbean Division, Christian Delvoie, says the Caribbean will not be included in its assessment of military spending by eighty-five third world countries, as a condition for determining how much to lend (02:50-05:45)
4. Members of Britain’s Guyanese community who participated at the weekend conference in London, organized by the World Union of Guyanese, express concern about free and fair elections in their homeland. Report contains comments made by Arif Ali, editor of the Caribbean Times and novelist Wilson Harris (05:46-09:37)
5. A cross section of Cuban exile groups sends an open letter to potential foreign investors warning them against entering into agreements with the Castro government. Correspondent Mike Jarvis reports (09:40-11:09)
6. A research secretary at the Cuban publication Economic Society/Sociedad Economica, explains what prompted the Cuban exile groups to circulate the letter to foreign investors (11:10-13:34)
7. Barbados Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford makes his first public comment on the US travel advisory alerting tourist to the high crime levels on the island, calling it a hostile and unprovoked act (13:35-14:02)
8. West Indies batsman Carl Hooper makes the fastest century of the English county season making his maiden championship century with thirteen fours and five sixes from 82 deliveries not out (14:03-14:24)

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