Caribbean Report 26-11-1991 - Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Nottell, Chris (correspondent); Williams, Pete (interviewee); Cooper, Vernon (interviewee); Rangel, Charles (interviewee); Bernal, Richard (interviewee); Manley, Michael (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:44)
2. The US announces that a temporary base will be set up for Haitian refugees at a naval camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Chris Nottell reports with comments from Pete Williams, a chief spokesperson from the Pentagon who presented the proposal as a humanitarian act (00:45-02:26)
3. In St. Lucia, amidst widespread opposition to the proposal, three national organizations (National Youth Council, Farmers’ Association and the Catholic Church) are calling on the government to take in some refugees. Vernon Cooper, a prominent lawyer and newspaper columnist, states that military force is the only way to solve the Haitian crisis. Charles Rangel, a US Democratic Congressman, believes that the Caricom should take a more leading role in assisting the Haitians (02:27-08:30)
4. Jamaica is the first country in the Caribbean to sign an environmental framework agreement with the US under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative. Interviews with Richard Bernal, Jamaican Ambassador to Washington and Prime Minister Michael Manley (08:31-10:56)
Keywords: Refugees -- Haiti -- United States; Refugees -- Haiti -- Saint Lucia; Ditchley Foundation; Coup d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago; Police murders -- Britain; Judicial error -- Britain; Enterprise for the Americas Initiative; Ditchley Conference on the Caribbean States; Jamaat al Muslimeen; Silcott, Winston; Tottenham three