Caribbean Report 10-02-1994
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1994-02-10
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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This reports looks at the outcome of Dame Eugenia Charles' visit to Europe to represent the banana producers in the Windward islands; Guatemalean Foreign Minister speaks about the proposal for put forward on behalf of the Latin American banana producers; the banana issue is high on the agenda of the political parties campaigning for elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Working People Alliance's co- leader, Rupert Roopnarine states that they want charges to be laid against Gregory Smith as a conspirator in the death of Dr. Walter Rodney; and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection(BUAV) plans to campaign against Barbados for its abuse of the green monkey.
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)
2. Dominica's Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles wrapped up her European visit which sought the speeding up of disbursement of price support funds to Caribbean banana farmers in two weeks(00:38-03:20)
3. Guatemalan, Foreign Affairs minister Maritza de Vielman presented a new Latin American proposal to EU officials which suggests a tariff quota for all non-European banana producers, pooling imports from dollar banana producers and ACP traditional and non-traditional suppliers.de Vielman talks about how different the new proposal is from the original one of the Latin American producers (03:21-06:09)
4. Eugenia Charles responds to the new proposal put forward by the Latin American producers (06:09-07:27)
5. Turning around the fortunes of the of the banana industry in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is becoming a major issues as campaigning for the upcoming General Elections picks up. Both the governing Democratic Party led by James Mitchell and the Opposition Unity Party all unveiled plans to provide assistance to farmers. Collin Williams reports (07:28-09:31)
6. Looks at what the Guyanese people think about the possibility of reopening the investigation into Dr. Walter Rodney's death (09:32-11:17)
7. Rupert Roopnarine, the co-leader of the Working People's Alliance, the party founded by the late Dr. Walter Rodney , met and agreed that they want charges laid at once against Gregory Smith and they want extradition procedures to begin. Hugh Crosskill reports (11:15-14:13)
8. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection(BUAV) plans to step its campaign against the mistreatment of green monkeys in Barbados. With the support of high profile British personalities their campaign will target the tourism industry in Barbados in order to encourage visitors to rethink travelling to that country (14:14-15:05)
9. Wrap up (15:06-15:11)
2. Dominica's Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles wrapped up her European visit which sought the speeding up of disbursement of price support funds to Caribbean banana farmers in two weeks(00:38-03:20)
3. Guatemalan, Foreign Affairs minister Maritza de Vielman presented a new Latin American proposal to EU officials which suggests a tariff quota for all non-European banana producers, pooling imports from dollar banana producers and ACP traditional and non-traditional suppliers.de Vielman talks about how different the new proposal is from the original one of the Latin American producers (03:21-06:09)
4. Eugenia Charles responds to the new proposal put forward by the Latin American producers (06:09-07:27)
5. Turning around the fortunes of the of the banana industry in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is becoming a major issues as campaigning for the upcoming General Elections picks up. Both the governing Democratic Party led by James Mitchell and the Opposition Unity Party all unveiled plans to provide assistance to farmers. Collin Williams reports (07:28-09:31)
6. Looks at what the Guyanese people think about the possibility of reopening the investigation into Dr. Walter Rodney's death (09:32-11:17)
7. Rupert Roopnarine, the co-leader of the Working People's Alliance, the party founded by the late Dr. Walter Rodney , met and agreed that they want charges laid at once against Gregory Smith and they want extradition procedures to begin. Hugh Crosskill reports (11:15-14:13)
8. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection(BUAV) plans to step its campaign against the mistreatment of green monkeys in Barbados. With the support of high profile British personalities their campaign will target the tourism industry in Barbados in order to encourage visitors to rethink travelling to that country (14:14-15:05)
9. Wrap up (15:06-15:11)