Caribbean Report 30-04-1992
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1992-04-30
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:38)
2. In Dominica, a group of concerned citizens debates the granting of citizenship to selected foreign investors by the government. An economic consultant calls for reconsideration and reformatting of this practice (00:39-03:14)
3. Haitian politician Jean-Claude Bajeux who called for a Five minute protest yesterday believes that the interim government has little time to implement an OAS backed plan (03:15-06:30)
4. In Haiti, talks being held by members of the executive, military and parliamentarians stalled after some members with the backing of the army insisted that any decision reached today should not be voted upon by the parliamentarians (06:31-07:07)
5. Cuban Ambassador Lazaro Cabezas talks about the country’s plans for tourism once its request for membership in the Caribbean Tourism Organization is granted. Sandra Baptiste reports (07:10-09:25)
6. The Caribbean Tourism Organization slates discussion on the impact and criteria for issuing travel advisories on its member countries by the United States at its annual meeting. Chairman of the CTO Charles Maynard talks about the impact of such travel advisories on the region’s tourism industry (09:26-12:24)
7. Victor Cuffie, executive director of the Human Rights Organization calls the verdict acquitting four Los Angeles policemen accused of beating a black motorist, a travesty of justice. He also says that this matter along with the situation in Haiti and the death penalty in the Caribbean will be discussed at the Annual General Meeting next week (12:25-14:24)
2. In Dominica, a group of concerned citizens debates the granting of citizenship to selected foreign investors by the government. An economic consultant calls for reconsideration and reformatting of this practice (00:39-03:14)
3. Haitian politician Jean-Claude Bajeux who called for a Five minute protest yesterday believes that the interim government has little time to implement an OAS backed plan (03:15-06:30)
4. In Haiti, talks being held by members of the executive, military and parliamentarians stalled after some members with the backing of the army insisted that any decision reached today should not be voted upon by the parliamentarians (06:31-07:07)
5. Cuban Ambassador Lazaro Cabezas talks about the country’s plans for tourism once its request for membership in the Caribbean Tourism Organization is granted. Sandra Baptiste reports (07:10-09:25)
6. The Caribbean Tourism Organization slates discussion on the impact and criteria for issuing travel advisories on its member countries by the United States at its annual meeting. Chairman of the CTO Charles Maynard talks about the impact of such travel advisories on the region’s tourism industry (09:26-12:24)
7. Victor Cuffie, executive director of the Human Rights Organization calls the verdict acquitting four Los Angeles policemen accused of beating a black motorist, a travesty of justice. He also says that this matter along with the situation in Haiti and the death penalty in the Caribbean will be discussed at the Annual General Meeting next week (12:25-14:24)