Caribbean Report 04-06-1993

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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.authorRansome, Debbie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMatton, Angela (analyst)
dc.contributor.authorWetherspoon, Russell (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBaptiste, Sandra (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorScott, Orlando (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorVincent, Joyce (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Clive (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorHowell, Calvin (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-18T14:51:26Z
dc.date.available2020-05-18T14:51:26Z
dc.date.issued1993-06-04
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:49)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. 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)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 15 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1290en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49095
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.lcshSugar trade -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHealth insurance -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Healthen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear cargo ships -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRadioactive wastes -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbargo -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Maritime Organizationen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Conservation Associationen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Military relationsen_US
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Health Promotion Conferenceen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 04-06-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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