Caribbean Report 25-07-1988
| SpecialCollections.repository | All 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.contributor | The University of the West Indies | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Crosskill, Hugh (anchor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bodoe, Davidson (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Raymond (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Timmins, Jerry (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schluter, John (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rosser, Neil (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adams, David (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Richards, Vivian (interviewee) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-06T18:51:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-06T18:51:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988-07-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This program highlights a charge of racism by a former IMF employee, and examines the reasons put forward for such a charge. It also features a recent decision by a British judge to uphold an order to freeze the British assets of former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier as part of embezzlement proceedings brought against him by Haiti and France. The prospects of the success of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in the Europoean gourmet coffee market are explored, and the controversy surrounding the hosting of an assembly of Nicaraguan contra leaders by the Dominican Republic is showcased. The programme rounds out with cricket highlights of the 4th test between the West Indies and England at Headingley. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines: Former IMF official calls the fund racist; Duvalier millions are the subject of a court case in London; West Indies on the brink of another victory. (00:07- 00:20) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. Former International Monetary Fund official, Grenadian born Davidson Bodoe, says that racism is rampant among the fund’s Washington-based staff. Bodoe, who has resigned from the IMF, wrote a twenty-page letter complaining about the way the fund treats its clients. Hugh Crosskill interviews Mr. Bodoe, who explains what he means when he calls the IMF racist as he outlines some of its operational policies. (00:27-04:04) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. British appeals court judge upholds order to freeze up to 69 million pounds of British assets held by former Haitian President Jean Claude Duvalier and members of his family and entourage. The order was made in support of embezzlement proceedings brought against the former Haitian president by both France and Haiti. Financial Times’ Law correspondent Raymond Hughes speaks with the BBC’s Hugh Crosskill on the issue. (04:10-06:48) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. Financial news: Presented by jerry Timmins (06:56-07:49) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee poised to enter the European gourmet coffee market based on its superior quality and good performances in American and Japanese markets. Jerry Timmins reports. This segment includes comments from major coffee importer John Schluter and coffee analyst Neil Rosser. (07:54-10:28) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. Dominican Republic plays host to an assembly of leaders of Nicaraguan ‘Contras’, and is met with a strongly worded protest letter from the Nicaraguan government accusing the country of supporting the ‘Contra’ rebels. David Adams reports on the controversy from the Santo Domingo. (10:30- 12:20) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. Cricket highlights from the 4th test match between the West Indies and England at Headingley. This segment includes an interview with Hugh Crosskill and West Indies Captain Vivian Richards. (12:22-14:57) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 15 min. 07 sec. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR0021 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/12897 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.rights.accessRights | Access 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.lcsh | Racism in the workplace. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Coffee Industry—Jamaica. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Financial institutions, International. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Embezzlement investigation—Haiti. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Trials (Embezzlement)—England. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | International Monetary Fund. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Duvalier, Jean-Claude. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Coffee Trade Federation Limited (England) | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Blue Mountain Coffee (Jamaica) | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 25-07-1988 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |