Caribbean Report 05-03-2002

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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.authorWeir, Karen (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Jerry (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorVega, Bernardo (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorPradel, Rosemond (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorMiles, Nick (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Simon (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:25:34Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-05
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prison Superintendent, Eric Rodriguez is charged with murder of a prisoner, Kingsley Henry, and is being held in a special compound and not with the prisoners he supervises. Jerry George reports from Kingstown (00:28-01:45)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The US State Department report on human rights violations in the Dominican Republic for 2001 claims that police executed 250 people and refers to the country’s human rights record as poor. However the report acknowledges positive steps new Police Chief, Jaime Marte Martinez, has taken to enforce human rights. Bernardo Vega, Editor in Chief of the El Caribe Newspaper in Santo Domingo talks about the report (speaker) (01:46-04:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Saint Lucia is the latest country to be removed from a list of un-cooperative tax havens by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Eight of the twenty-two countries still on the blacklist are from the Caribbean and a revised list will soon be released (04:43-05:15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The man responsible for putting together a central government for the Netherland Antilles, Mr. Anthony, rejects accusations from parties who won seats in the general election, that he is taking his time and spending too much time in discussions with social groups (05:16-08:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Haiti’s opposition reacts with derision to the appointment of Yvon Neptune as the country’s next prime minister replacing Jean Marie Chérestal who resigned. He inherits a government at odds with the opposition over disputed parliamentary and municipal elections. Rosemond Pradel, General Secretary of CONACOM, one of the parties in the Democratic Convergence, comments and Bertram Niles reports (08:25-10:07)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Commonwealth leaders at a summit in Australia back member states Guyana and Belize in their territorial fights with neighbours, Venezuela and Guatemala. They also demand better access to the markets of the industrialised world for poorer members of the Commonwealth. However, the summit is dominated by the issue of Zimbabwe (10:08-10:41)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Business (Fedecámaras or Federación Venezolana de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producción) and union leaders in Venezuela outline a pact they say is an alternative to the increasingly unpopular government of President Hugo Chávez. Members of the Catholic Church also sign the alliance and call for more transparency and action against poverty and corruption. This alliance comes amid protests of policies of Hugo Chávez and calls for him to stand down. Nick Miles reports (10:42-12:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Jamaica celebrates another West Indies domestic cricket title, the “Busta Cup”, but the team puts its celebrations on hold until Jamaica successfully defends the Busta International shield. Simon Crosskill, Group Sports Editor at the Radio Jamaica Group in Kingston, reports on how the victory has excited Jamaicans (12:27-15:25en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 25 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3573en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47140
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.lcshPrisoners -- Deathen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrison homicide -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrison administration -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDepartment of State publicationen_US
dc.subject.lcshExtrajudicial executions -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice shootings -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Foreign relations -- Saint Luciaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Saint Luciaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCoalition governments -- Caribbean Netherlandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshElections -- Caribbean Netherlandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Netherlands -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial groups -- Caribbean Netherlandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrime ministers -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshCommonwealth Secretariaten_US
dc.subject.lcshLeadershipen_US
dc.subject.lcshCommonwealth countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign relations -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyana -- Foreign relations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBelize -- Foreign relations -- Guatemalaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuatemala -- Foreign relations -- Belizeen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical stability -- Zimbabween_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational trade -- Social aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshChávez Frías, Hugo -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshAlliancesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBusiness and politics -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFederación Venezolana de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producciónen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor leaders -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCatholic Church -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshChurch and state -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshContracts -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshPoverty -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket -- Tournaments -- West Indiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket fans -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.otherRodriguez, Ericen_US
dc.subject.otherHenry, Kingsleyen_US
dc.subject.otherMarte Martinez, Jaimeen_US
dc.subject.otherU.S. Department of State - 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor - Western Hemisphere - Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherU.S. Department of State - 2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherU.S. Department of State - Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002 Country of Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherCONACOMen_US
dc.subject.otherNational Congress of Democratic Movements (CONACOM)en_US
dc.subject.otherConvergence Démocratiqueen_US
dc.subject.otherDemocratic Convergenceen_US
dc.subject.otherNeptune, Yvonen_US
dc.subject.otherChérestal, Jean Marieen_US
dc.subject.otherCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (17th : 2002 : Coolum, Queensland, Australia)en_US
dc.subject.otherBusta Cup Cricket -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 05-03-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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