Caribbean Report 01-01-1999

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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.authorJoseph, Emma (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Fidel (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGibb, Tom (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-12T17:34:02Z
dc.date.available2014-08-12T17:34:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-12
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Its leader, Fidel Castro Stated in an interview that he would “establish a real, representative and democratic government” (00:00-00:57)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. First, a look at Cuban history prior to the Revolution. Next, focus is placed on the reaction of Castro’s rise to power by US President Dwight Eisenhower, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Focus is also placed on the economic relations between Cuba, the Soviet Union and the United States. (00:58-04:49)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. A more detailed look at the further deterioration of the economic and political relations between the US and Cuba. The US tried to liberate Cuba by various means, most notably by the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 (04:50- 06:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Hostility to the US was accompanied by increasingly closer relationship between Cuba and the USSR. In October 1962 there was the Missile Crisis. The next 20 years of Cuba’s ties with the Communist Eastern Bloc is reviewed (06:26-08:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. A detailed look at the effect of the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe on Cuba (08:34-09:37)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Tom Gibb reports that forty years on Castro remains firmly Communist in spite of concessions. The island still cannot feed itself; there is food rationing, and blame is placed on the US embargo (09:38-15:18)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 22 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2745en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/39021
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporation
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.lcshCuba--History--Revolution, 1959en_US
dc.subject.lcshCastro, Fidel, 1926-en_US
dc.subject.lcshSoviet Union--Foreign relations--Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba--Foreign relations--Soviet Unionen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--Foreign economic relations--Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba--Foreign economic relations--United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshKhrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971en_US
dc.subject.lcshEisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969en_US
dc.subject.lcshGovernment ownership--Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic sanctions, American--Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba--History--Invasion, 1961en_US
dc.subject.lcshCuban Missile Crisis, 1962en_US
dc.subject.lcshEurope, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-en_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic assistance, Communist--Cubaen_US
dc.subject.otherBatista, Fulgencioen_US
dc.subject.otherBay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba, 1961en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 01-01-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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