Caribbean Report 07-09-1998

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:22)
2. Caricom leaders take the banana battle to the United States. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony is interviewed and Warren Gordon reports (00:23-03:27)
3. OECS member countries are about to make another bid to ensure equal benefits from participation in the Caricom Single Market and Economy. Staying in the Eastern Caribbean Caricom leaders are to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday to mediate talks on future relations between the two islands. Head of the OECS Economic Affairs Division Randolph Cato and Sir James Mitchell are interviewed. Pete Ninvalle and Chelston Lee report (03:28-09:04)
4. Cuba is expected to learn tomorrow whether it will receive international aid to help resolve its ongoing drought problem. Meanwhile the Cuban President Fidel Castro is in the Brazilian Capital of Brasilia. Also senior government officials have the day before been greeting the relatives of those Cubans who have died in a Cubana aircrash the week before. Rosie Hayes and Emma Joseph report (09:05-12:43)
5. Jamaicans are targets for deportation in Canada. Lawyer Julian Falconer is interviewed and Darryl Dean reports (12:44-15:24)

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