Caribbean Report 29-06-1993 - Orr, Carol (anchor); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Smith, Clifford (interviewee); Reid, David (correspondent); Price, David (interviewee); Daley, Dennis (interviewee); Coore, David (speaker); Cuffie, Victor (interviewee); Augustus, Curtis (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:36)
2. The European Court of Justice has rejected Germany’s demands for a temporary injunction against the EC’s new banana regime. The new rules imposing a three-million-ton annual tariff quota on imports from Latin American bananas would come into effect on July 1st. Interview with Clifford Smith, Brussels’ based journalist. Shada Islam reports (00:37-02:20)
3. Voters in Belize go to the poll for their general elections. The ruling People’s United Party and the opposition’s United Democratic Party have been fighting the campaign on issues of relations with Guatemala, the economy and illegal immigrants. Interview with David Price, Political scientist in Belize. David Reid reports (04:24-06:48)
4. The Jamaican government has come under fire over its failure to help two death row prisoners fund their appeal to the Privy Council in London. Lawyers for convicted prisoners, Earl Pratt and Ivan Morgan in addressing the Law Lords claim that the execution of the men would be inhumane. They also say the fight to bring the case to London was hampered when a request for travel expenses were refused by the Jamaican government. Interviews with Dennis Daley, QC, member of the defense team and Victor Cuffie, Caribbean Rights Group. Speaker, David Corre, AG for Jamaica (06:49-10:17)
Keywords: Banana trade -- Caribbean Area; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization); Lomé Conventions; Elections -- Belize; Belize -- Politics and government; Great Britain. Privy Council; Unemployed -- Caribbean Area; CARICOM Single Market and Economy; Haiti -- Politics and government; Haiti – Military relations; Embargo -- Haiti; Cuba -- Economic conditions; Sugar trade – Cuba; Capital punishment -- Jamaica; Caribbean Rights (Organization); Caribbean Congress of Labour; Capital punishment -- Jamaica