Caribbean Report 15-07-1991
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1991-07-15
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)
2. Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Michael Manley, invites Caricom Heads of Government to Kingston next week to meet with the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, who is carded to make a 24 hour visit to Jamaica (00:32-00:56)
3. President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, is preparing to attend a meeting in Mexico next week with Latin American Heads of State and representatives from Spain and Portugal. Lionel Martin reports from Havana that President Castro is hoping that the meeting will act as a show of solidarity and an opportunity to tell Latin American leaders to beware of the US economic domination of the region. In an interview with Hugh Crosskill, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ramon Sanchez Parodi, states that Caricom’s future depends on expanded relations with Latin America 9(00:57-06:24)
4. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Kennedy Simmons, says that the failure of his country’s parliament to meet for a period of nine months was a minor arbitration and comments on meeting the October 1st deadline for the implementation of the Common External Tariff (06:25-09:19)
5. At the recently concluded meeting with the major international donors, Guyana’s Finance Minister Carl Greenidge states that the Caricom Multilateral Clearing Facility, which collapsed under the weight of Guyanese borrowing, could be revived (09:20-12:57)
6. West Indies defeats Wales at Christ College grounds with Carl Hooper scoring 88 runs off 43 balls. Edward Bevan reports (12:54-14:53)
2. Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Michael Manley, invites Caricom Heads of Government to Kingston next week to meet with the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, who is carded to make a 24 hour visit to Jamaica (00:32-00:56)
3. President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, is preparing to attend a meeting in Mexico next week with Latin American Heads of State and representatives from Spain and Portugal. Lionel Martin reports from Havana that President Castro is hoping that the meeting will act as a show of solidarity and an opportunity to tell Latin American leaders to beware of the US economic domination of the region. In an interview with Hugh Crosskill, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ramon Sanchez Parodi, states that Caricom’s future depends on expanded relations with Latin America 9(00:57-06:24)
4. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Kennedy Simmons, says that the failure of his country’s parliament to meet for a period of nine months was a minor arbitration and comments on meeting the October 1st deadline for the implementation of the Common External Tariff (06:25-09:19)
5. At the recently concluded meeting with the major international donors, Guyana’s Finance Minister Carl Greenidge states that the Caricom Multilateral Clearing Facility, which collapsed under the weight of Guyanese borrowing, could be revived (09:20-12:57)
6. West Indies defeats Wales at Christ College grounds with Carl Hooper scoring 88 runs off 43 balls. Edward Bevan reports (12:54-14:53)