Caribbean Report 15-11-1991
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19-11-15
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. A high level Guyana government delegation met today with the former US President, Jimmy Carter, to discuss the controversial preparations for the December elections. The pressure to force President Desmond Hoyte to delay the elections was stepped up by Canada today warning serious consequences if the election is rigged. Sharief Khan reports from Georgetown and comments from Nicole Martell of the Canadian External Affairs Ministry in Ottawa (00:35-05:22)
3. Trinidad and Tobago joins Belize in agreeing to take in Haitian refugees held on the US Coast Guard vessels off Florida. Tony Fraser reports that Prime Minister, ANR Robinson is expecting something in return from the Americans (05:23-07:58)
4. Military and civilian officials from Cuba and the Soviet Union began discussions today on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba. Lionel Martin reports from Havana (07:59-09:38)
5. Customs officers at Gatwick Airport in the UK seized over seven million pounds of cocaine which arrived from Colombia via Barbados (09:39-10:09)
6. British Labour Party MP, John Smith, promises to pressure Geest company into implementing better marketing strategies for Windward Islands’ bananas (10:10-13:59)
7. St. Lucia's Opposition leader, Julien Hunte will be leading a four-member delegation of the St. Lucia Labour Party and other party leaders to Brussels and London to attend the Caribbean-European Conference. The issue of preferential access for Windward Islands bananas to the European single market after 1992 will be discussed (14:00-14:55)
2. A high level Guyana government delegation met today with the former US President, Jimmy Carter, to discuss the controversial preparations for the December elections. The pressure to force President Desmond Hoyte to delay the elections was stepped up by Canada today warning serious consequences if the election is rigged. Sharief Khan reports from Georgetown and comments from Nicole Martell of the Canadian External Affairs Ministry in Ottawa (00:35-05:22)
3. Trinidad and Tobago joins Belize in agreeing to take in Haitian refugees held on the US Coast Guard vessels off Florida. Tony Fraser reports that Prime Minister, ANR Robinson is expecting something in return from the Americans (05:23-07:58)
4. Military and civilian officials from Cuba and the Soviet Union began discussions today on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba. Lionel Martin reports from Havana (07:59-09:38)
5. Customs officers at Gatwick Airport in the UK seized over seven million pounds of cocaine which arrived from Colombia via Barbados (09:39-10:09)
6. British Labour Party MP, John Smith, promises to pressure Geest company into implementing better marketing strategies for Windward Islands’ bananas (10:10-13:59)
7. St. Lucia's Opposition leader, Julien Hunte will be leading a four-member delegation of the St. Lucia Labour Party and other party leaders to Brussels and London to attend the Caribbean-European Conference. The issue of preferential access for Windward Islands bananas to the European single market after 1992 will be discussed (14:00-14:55)