Caribbean Report 27-08-1997
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1997-08-27
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)
2. Montserrat's Chief Minister, David Brandt in an interview denies picking a fight with Britain but he says he has gotten results (00:27-04:24)
3. Moya Thomas reports that Montserrat has become partly a political issue in Britain with the opposition criticizing Clare Short, Secretary of State for Overseas Development. The issue has continued to rumble in the British press (04:25-06:09)
4. Michael Norton reports that the day to day functioning of Haiti's government could be badly disrupted because of the stalemate of the appointment of a prime minister (06:10-09:08)
5. Organisations representing indigenous people from Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana have began a meeting in Brazil. They are discussing what they see as the threat posed by government plans to build roads and other transport links to the Amazon region (09:09-09:41)
6. Chaos looms in the Jamaican prison system as it is poised to face yet another challenge. Superintendent of Police, Reneto Adams and Policeman Dacosta Biggs are interviewed (09:42-13:12)
7. Police in Havana has released nearly all of the people they detained over the weekend following a raid at a disco, mainly for homosexuals. Rosie Hayes reports from Havana (13:13-15:23)
2. Montserrat's Chief Minister, David Brandt in an interview denies picking a fight with Britain but he says he has gotten results (00:27-04:24)
3. Moya Thomas reports that Montserrat has become partly a political issue in Britain with the opposition criticizing Clare Short, Secretary of State for Overseas Development. The issue has continued to rumble in the British press (04:25-06:09)
4. Michael Norton reports that the day to day functioning of Haiti's government could be badly disrupted because of the stalemate of the appointment of a prime minister (06:10-09:08)
5. Organisations representing indigenous people from Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana have began a meeting in Brazil. They are discussing what they see as the threat posed by government plans to build roads and other transport links to the Amazon region (09:09-09:41)
6. Chaos looms in the Jamaican prison system as it is poised to face yet another challenge. Superintendent of Police, Reneto Adams and Policeman Dacosta Biggs are interviewed (09:42-13:12)
7. Police in Havana has released nearly all of the people they detained over the weekend following a raid at a disco, mainly for homosexuals. Rosie Hayes reports from Havana (13:13-15:23)