Caribbean Report 18-05-2000

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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.authorGordon, Orin (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorOdlum, George (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCaroit, Jean-Michel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorPatten, Chris (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorReindorp, Nicola (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorDeRosa, Frank (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-25T17:02:15Z
dc.date.available2019-11-25T17:02:15Z
dc.date.issued2000-05-18
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines: (00:00-00:34)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Ecuador was allowed by the World Trade Organization to impose more than $200 million in sanctions against the European Union in the long running row over European banana imports. Whilst, the Caribbean banana exporters whose preferential price arrangements with Europe was the subject of a successful challenge at the WTO. The EU has also been hit with sanctions from the United States over the same dispute. (00:35-02:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. St Lucian Foreign Minister George Odlum believes that Caribbean countries should not sign the Suva Convention, which will replace the Lomé Trade and Aid Agreement with Europe, to protest against Cuba’s withdrawal of its application to join the ACP group. He thinks that the United States is influencing Europe and Canada to take a tough stance in criticizing Cuba’s human rights record. (02:17-03:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. A run-off has been avoided in the Dominican Republic general elections after the two other leading candidates finally accepted the victory of the opposition candidate, Hipolito Majier. (03:04-05:54)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. “Some pressure has been taken off the Grenada government with the settlement of a pay dispute with Port workers. But the strike by employees at the Granada Broadcasting Network is continuing, as well as a dispute over nurses’ pay”. (05:55-08:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The European Union is to change the way it donates aid across the world after it has been said that the EU does not implement its commitments to the needy in a timely manner. Oxfam Policy Advisor, Nicola Reindorp, comments on how aid money is shared, and how aid is declining. (08:56-13:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. “New York police said they have caught the leader of a gang of Rastafarians who systematically smashed, defaced, and destroyed statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary at Roman Catholic churches throughout Brooklyn. He told investigators that he used a sledge hammer to break the heads and arms of the statues because they violated the biblical commandment against worshipping graven images”. (13:01-15:22)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 22 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3106en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48259
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.lcshBanana trade - - European Union countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade - - -Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEcuador--Foreign economic relations - - European Union countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area--Foreign economic relations - - Europe Union countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States - - Foreign economic relations - - Europe Union countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights - - Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign international relations - - Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDominican Republic - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshElections - - Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes - - Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign aid - - European Unionen_US
dc.subject.lcshCatholic Church - - relations - - Rastafari movementen_US
dc.subject.lcshOffences against religion - - United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshIdols and images - - Biblical teachingen_US
dc.subject.lcshIdolatryen_US
dc.subject.lcshChristian art and symbolism - - Mutilation, defacement, etc. - - United Statesen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 18-05-2000en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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