Caribbean Report 22-07-1992

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. CARICOM technocrats start review of the Common External Tariff (CET) and other measures to achieve a single regional market. Correspondent Tony Fraser reports on the progress of the review (00:29-02:45)
3. St. Lucia’s Director of Tourism, Allen Chastanet, believes it is time for regional governments to give the Caribbean Tourism Organization the power deal with issues such as negotiating with cruise ship lines, dumping of rubbish in harbours and marketing the region as a single destination (02:46-05:25)
4. Spain and its former Latin American colonies meet in Madrid on Friday for the second Ebero-American Summit. Correspondent Frank Smith looks at issues that may likely be addressed (05:26-09:06)
5. Sixty-one European Members of Parliament send an open letter to the Ibero-American Summit asking for attendees to condemn the US trade embargo against Cuba (09:07-09:25)
6. Following a meeting between Haitian President Marc Bazin and the Washington based Caribbean/Latin American Group, 18 American businessmen plan to re-open their factories in Haiti. Correspondent Michael Norton reports (09:26-11:56)
7. Rastafarians are gathering in Ethiopia for celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie. Resident of the Shashamana settlement, B. J. Moody talks about the celebrations (11:57-14:03)
8. British customs officers hold a couple returning from Barbados with two 5 feet long turtles at Heathrow Airport (14:04-14:42)

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