Caribbean Report 12-12-1991
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1991-12-12
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)
2. Victor Benoit, the leader of the Congress of Democratic Movements in Haiti has been named as the choice for Prime Minister by ousted president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. Mr. Benoit is a member of the majority coalition of parties which first nominated President Aristide for last year's elections. The mayor of Port-au-France, Evans Paul said that President Aristide had proposed Mr. Benoit during a series of telephone conversations between the ousted leader and members of the Haitian Senate. Correspondent Michael Norton reports that Victor Benoit is known to be a moderate who is likely to be acceptable to most parties in Haiti (00:38-04:10)
3. Behind in the polls, the ruling National Alliance for Reconstruction has launched a vigorous campaign to hold on to the government in Trinidad and Tobago's upcoming elections. Tony Fraser reports from Port of Spain, with only four days to go before the polls, the NAR must now dig deep to ward off serious opposition challenges. Comments from ANR Robinson, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Selby Wilson, Minister of Finance during the campaign trail (04:11-07:25)
4. Since the recent unsuccessful coup in the Soviet Union, Jamaica's bauxite exporters have been keeping a close eye on the market there. Jamaica has a barter arrangement with the Soviets in which payment for bauxite is split between hard currency and cars. But recently they've been forced to take a closer look at the agreement due to further fragmentation within the USSR and reports of the Soviet dumping huge quantities of aluminum on the world market. Interview with Oddly, Roberts, the Managing Director, Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company of Jamaica. Aaron Worthington, Commodities Analyst of the London firm Warburg Securities, also discusses the effect of the Soviet dumping aluminum on the world market on Jamaica. In related bauxite news, the Ukraine and the United States are reported to be considering reopening an abandoned mine in Jamaica, in a joint venture operation. Australia also announced that it will be leaving the bauxite producers group, The International Bauxite Producers Association (07:26-11:40)
5. With economic union by the end of the century virtually agreed upon by member states of the European Community this week, the pace of the deformation of world trading blocs has accelerated. Former Secretary General of the ACP, Dr. Edwin Carrington comments on how much attention is being paid for these developments and the implications for the Caribbean (11:41-15:03)
2. Victor Benoit, the leader of the Congress of Democratic Movements in Haiti has been named as the choice for Prime Minister by ousted president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. Mr. Benoit is a member of the majority coalition of parties which first nominated President Aristide for last year's elections. The mayor of Port-au-France, Evans Paul said that President Aristide had proposed Mr. Benoit during a series of telephone conversations between the ousted leader and members of the Haitian Senate. Correspondent Michael Norton reports that Victor Benoit is known to be a moderate who is likely to be acceptable to most parties in Haiti (00:38-04:10)
3. Behind in the polls, the ruling National Alliance for Reconstruction has launched a vigorous campaign to hold on to the government in Trinidad and Tobago's upcoming elections. Tony Fraser reports from Port of Spain, with only four days to go before the polls, the NAR must now dig deep to ward off serious opposition challenges. Comments from ANR Robinson, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Selby Wilson, Minister of Finance during the campaign trail (04:11-07:25)
4. Since the recent unsuccessful coup in the Soviet Union, Jamaica's bauxite exporters have been keeping a close eye on the market there. Jamaica has a barter arrangement with the Soviets in which payment for bauxite is split between hard currency and cars. But recently they've been forced to take a closer look at the agreement due to further fragmentation within the USSR and reports of the Soviet dumping huge quantities of aluminum on the world market. Interview with Oddly, Roberts, the Managing Director, Bauxite and Alumina Trading Company of Jamaica. Aaron Worthington, Commodities Analyst of the London firm Warburg Securities, also discusses the effect of the Soviet dumping aluminum on the world market on Jamaica. In related bauxite news, the Ukraine and the United States are reported to be considering reopening an abandoned mine in Jamaica, in a joint venture operation. Australia also announced that it will be leaving the bauxite producers group, The International Bauxite Producers Association (07:26-11:40)
5. With economic union by the end of the century virtually agreed upon by member states of the European Community this week, the pace of the deformation of world trading blocs has accelerated. Former Secretary General of the ACP, Dr. Edwin Carrington comments on how much attention is being paid for these developments and the implications for the Caribbean (11:41-15:03)