Caribbean Report 04-06-1993
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1993-06-04
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:49)
2. Cuba has announced that it will be unable to meet its June sugar export contract because of damage done to the crop by an earlier tropical storm and this week’s torrential rain. Cuba is the world’s largest exporter of sugar. Interviews with Angela Matton, analyst at ED&F Man and Russell Wetherspoon, Chairman of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean on contractual arrangements, future markets and possible vagaries in price increases on the commodity (00:50-07:48)
3. The region’s private sector has been urged to share more of the burden of health cost caused by structural adjustment programmes. The call came during this week’s Caribbean Health Promotion Conference in Trinidad and Tobago. Delegates advocated that insurance companies should lead the way and employers need to support worker’s health as productivity will decrease. Interviews with Orlando Scott, Barbados Workers Union; Joyce Vincent, Planning Institute of Jamaica and Clive Thomas, Economist, Guyana. Sandra Baptiste reports (07:49-10:03)
4. Despite a decision to free the Caribbean from nuclear shipments, some regional governments are still not keen to take a strong position on the international forum. That is the opinion of the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) which lobbied regional governments before the recent decision to allow nuclear waste on more ships. The new code was accepted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO reports that there were no Caribbean opposition. Interview with Calvin Howell, Executive Director, CCA (10:04-13:58)
5. President Clinton has announced stiffer sanctions against Haiti. The US will freeze the assets of companies and individuals doing business with the de facto government in Haiti. In addition, nationals who are obstructing negotiations for the restoration of democracy would be barred from entering the US. The sanctions are not punitive but to force the resumption of negotiations. A full economic embargo is also under consideration (13:59-15:02)
2. Cuba has announced that it will be unable to meet its June sugar export contract because of damage done to the crop by an earlier tropical storm and this week’s torrential rain. Cuba is the world’s largest exporter of sugar. Interviews with Angela Matton, analyst at ED&F Man and Russell Wetherspoon, Chairman of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean on contractual arrangements, future markets and possible vagaries in price increases on the commodity (00:50-07:48)
3. The region’s private sector has been urged to share more of the burden of health cost caused by structural adjustment programmes. The call came during this week’s Caribbean Health Promotion Conference in Trinidad and Tobago. Delegates advocated that insurance companies should lead the way and employers need to support worker’s health as productivity will decrease. Interviews with Orlando Scott, Barbados Workers Union; Joyce Vincent, Planning Institute of Jamaica and Clive Thomas, Economist, Guyana. Sandra Baptiste reports (07:49-10:03)
4. Despite a decision to free the Caribbean from nuclear shipments, some regional governments are still not keen to take a strong position on the international forum. That is the opinion of the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA) which lobbied regional governments before the recent decision to allow nuclear waste on more ships. The new code was accepted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO reports that there were no Caribbean opposition. Interview with Calvin Howell, Executive Director, CCA (10:04-13:58)
5. President Clinton has announced stiffer sanctions against Haiti. The US will freeze the assets of companies and individuals doing business with the de facto government in Haiti. In addition, nationals who are obstructing negotiations for the restoration of democracy would be barred from entering the US. The sanctions are not punitive but to force the resumption of negotiations. A full economic embargo is also under consideration (13:59-15:02)