Caribbean Report 13-04-1994

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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.authorOrr, Carol (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMarville, Orlando (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWatkins, Kevin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Christopher (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNorton, Michael (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGeoff, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-24T03:53:42Z
dc.date.available2020-04-24T03:53:42Z
dc.date.issued1994-04-13
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with Carol Orr (00:00-00:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. In Cuba, the people and the economy are being battered by long electrical outages for the past year the power black outs have been on average 6 hours a day but have gone up to 10-15 hours. Flashlights are hard to come by and so are Coleman lanterns. Lionel Martin reports on the situation in Cuba (00:28-02:50)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. As the world’s trade and foreign ministers meet in Morocco to put in place the final act of the Uruguay round, concern over the effect on the Lomé Agreement has increased. However, fears that preferential access under the Lomé will be made redundant under the new free trade order have been dismissed by the Ambassador of Barbados to the EU, Orlando Marville and Kevin Watkins, Senior Policy Advisor for Oxfam (02:51-05:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Countries from the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific do not need to restrict their products in order to get the best out of the new world trading order. These countries need to diversify their exports and their markets to get the most out of the new world trading order. Christopher Stephens, Fellow at the Sussex University’s Institute of Development studies on speak on the issue. Hugh Crosskill reports (05:27- 08:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. In Haiti, the violence continues to mount inside parliament as a break group discuss plans to remove Jean- Bertrand Aristide from office. The group had tabled a resolution to declare the post of President vacant on the basis of Aristide’s refusal to designate a new Prime Minister. Correspondent Michael Norton reports (08:56-11:07)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Jean Claude ‘Babydoc’ Duvalier, who fled Haiti for the French Rivera, is reported to be bankrupt after emptying the Haitian coffers of 20 million pounds. According to a British newspapers he is working as a part-time gardener. Duvalier’s lawyer refutes these claims. Leslie Geoff reports (11:08-13:50)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. England’s victory over the West Indies at the 4th test in Barbados has inspired tabloid praises. This is the first time English has won a test match in Barbados in 59 years (13:51-14:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Recap of the Headlines (14:23-14:39)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Wrap up & theme music (14:40-14:57)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 57 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1513en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48986
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.lcshElectric power failures -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Economic conditions -- 1990-en_US
dc.subject.lcshLome Conventionen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeveloping countries -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCommercial treatiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Politics and government--20th centuryen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 13-04-1994en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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