Caribbean Report 29-04-1993

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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.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorScanlon, Charles (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorValley, Kenneth (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorIton, Wayne (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Wayne (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T18:01:24Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T18:01:24Z
dc.date.issued1993-04-29
dc.description.abstractTrinidad and Tobago plans to ask the international community to forgive Port of Spain’s substantial debt in the region of 12 billion US dollars, allowing Trinidad to then write off the main part of Guyana’s debt of 509 million dollars. A task force on crime commissioned by the Jamaican government has submitted a damming report on the operations of the country’s security forces – Gary Allen reports. Three men who were scheduled to go to the gallows in Trinidad and Tobago twice in the past year have won another stay of execution as the matter is going back to the privy council, otherwise they would be have been the first to be executed in over ten years – Tony Fraser reports. The European Community allowed France to curb banana imports from Latin America, after a recent surge of shipments depressed French prices by as much as 40% – Yvette Rowe reports. Tight economic are driving Cubans away from their faith in the revolution and even previous blame on the US embargo on Cuba is beginning to dwindle in Cuba – BBC correspondent Charles Scanlon reports. An Organisation of African Unity Conference on Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism estimates that the people of Africa, the Caribbean and black Americans are owed 100 trillion US dollars, several presentations analysed the loss of people and production potential due to slavery and colonialism.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsHeadlines with anchor Yvette Rowe (00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Trinidad and Tobago plans to ask the international community to forgive Port of Spain’s substantial debt in the region of 12 billion US dollars, allowing Trinidad to then write off the main part of Guyana’s debt of 509 million dollars (00:33 -02:21)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. A task force on crime commissioned by the Jamaican government has submitted a damming report on the operations of the country’s security forces (02:22 -05:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Three men who were scheduled to go to the gallows in Trinidad and Tobago twice in the past year have won another stay of execution as the matter is going back to the privy council, otherwise they would be have been the first to be executed in over ten (05:06 -06:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The European Community allowed France to curb banana imports from Latin America, after a recent surge of shipments depressed French prices by as much as 40% (06:56-09:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Tight economic are driving Cubans away from their faith in the revolution and even previous blame on the US embargo on Cuba is beginning to dwindle in (09:31-14:04).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. An Organisation of African Unity Conference on Reparations for Slavery and Colonialism estimates that the people of Africa, the Caribbean and black Americans are owed 100 trillion US dollars (14:05 -14: 57)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 47 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1264en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/34543
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.lcshTrinidad and Tobago -- economic aspects -- Guyana.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Politics and government -- Economic aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCrime -- Justice -- Corrupt practices -- Jamaica -- Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCorporal punishment -- trinidad and tobago -- Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBananas -- imports -- economic aspects -- Caribbean area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshImports -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Economic aspects -- Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReparation (Criminal justice) -- Africa.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReparation (Criminal justice) -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 29-04-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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