Caribbean Report 14-04-1992
SpecialCollections.repository | All 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.contributor | The University of the West Indies | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ransome, Debbie (anchor) | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Warren (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Pat (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Carrington, Edwin (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Norton, Michael (correspondent) | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-08T15:18:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-08T15:18:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992-04-14 | |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines (00:00-00:32) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. Concerns arise again over the time being taken to restructure and privatize the airline industry in the region. LIAT’s Chief Executive Officer, Warren Smith comments on the apparent setbacks (00:36-03:36) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. Top officials of the Inter-American Development Bank say that the Caribbean region could lose foreign investment to Mexico as a direct result of the proposed North American Free Trade Area. However, Pat Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce maintains that the region’s economic future can be assured provided several key issues are expedited (03:37-08:40) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. The common external tariff (CET) continues to be one of the most contentious issues among CARICOM member states. Incoming CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington supports the move to dismantle the CET in its present form (08:41-11:05) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. Speculations arise over the implications of the cancellation of the national conference aimed at resolving the problems of Haiti’s interim government. Correspondent Michael Norton reports on the reasons for the cancellation (11:09-13:56) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. In Barbados, there are calls for a boycott of the scheduled five day test match with South Africa over the exclusion of fast bowler Andy Cummins from the West Indies team (13:57-14:25) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. Cuba announces the details for its democratic reform including secret voting to appoint deputies to parliament. President of Cuba’s National Assembly, Juan Escalona Reguera says reforms would be presented for approval in July (14:26-14:42) | en_US |
dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 14 min. 53 sec. | en_US |
dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | CAR0992 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/39104 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | Access 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.lcsh | LIAT (Airline) -- Privatization | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Customs unions -- North America | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Caribbean Area -- Economic integration | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Regional economics -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tariff -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Carrington, Edwin W. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Interim governments -- Haiti | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cricket managers -- Complaints against -- West Indies | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Legislative bodies -- Cuba -- Reform | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Smith, William Warren | en_US |
dc.subject.other | North American Free Trade area (NAFTA) | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Common external tariff (CET) | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Reguera, Juan Escalona | en_US |
dc.title | Caribbean Report 14-04-1992 | en_US |
dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |