Caribbean Report 01-08-1990
| 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 | en_US |
| dc.contributor | The University of the West Indies | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Whitehorne, Pat (anchor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mathur, Ira (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adie, Kate (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Madeira, Laura Lee (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pantin, Dennis (interviewee) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-07T12:39:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-07T12:39:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990-08-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Muslim gunmen holding forty hostages at Parliament building and the television station in Port of Spain have surrendered and the hostages are being released. Ira Mathur (correspondent) speaks on the release of the women parliamentarians, Gloria Henry and Jennifer Johnson at Parliament building, the mood of the population in Port of Spain and reported casualties at the city's hospital. Kate Adie (correspondent) describes in detail the surrender of the fifty insurgents who were later driven away in army vehicles. Laura Lee Madeira, daughter of Jones P. Madeira, hostage and journalist is thankful for the release of her father and Trinidadians voice strong disapproval of the coup. Much thought provoking issues come up with the coup d'etat including the fragility of Caribbean democracies and the impact of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on small economies. Sahadeo Basdeo,Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister and Dennis Pantin, vice-president of the Association of Caribbean Economist speak on the issues. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines: Pat Whitehorne (anchor)reports on the release of the hostages in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (00:00-00:32) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. Pat Whitehorne (anchor)reports on the surrender of the Muslimeen insurgents and the release of the hostages (00:33-00:58) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. Interview with Ira Mathur (correspondent) on the release of the hostages at Parliament building, the mood of the populace in the city and reported caualities (00:59-03:02) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. Katie Adie (correspondent) reports on the surrender of the insurgents in Port of Spain (03:03-04:32) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. Interview with Laura Lee Madeira, daughter of journalist and hostage, Jones P. Madeira on her reactions to the release of her father (04:33-06:10) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. Reactions of Trinidadians on the punishment that should be meted out to the insurgents (06:11-07:25) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. Hugh Croskill interviews Sahadeo Basdeo, Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister on the fragility of Caribbean democracies (07:26-10:30) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 8. Interview with Dennis Pantin, vice-president of the Association of Caribbean Economists on an assessment of the economy of Trinidad and Tobago (10:31-13:14) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 9. Interview with Trinidadians on the implications of the coup with regards to the economy (13:15-15:00) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | |
| dc.format.extent | 15 min. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound ; MP3. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR0548 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/11293 | |
| 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 | Muslims, Black -- Trinidad and Tobago. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- Attempted coup, 1990. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Coups d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Islam and State -- Trinidad and Tobago. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Trinidad and Tobago. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Jamaat-al-Muslimeen. | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 01-08-1990 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |