Caribbean Report 17-04-1996 - Gordon, Warren (anchor); Layne, Kingsley (interviewee); Davies, Glyn (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Hayes, Richie (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)
2. OECS ambassadors in Washington increase lobbying efforts for the EU banana quota. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United States Kingsley Layne is interviewed 00:32-03:22)
3. The United States State Department downplays reports of a cut in American aid to Haiti. A US State Department spokesman Glyn Davies is interviewed (03:23-07:25)
4. Honduras has granted political asylum to Haiti's former national police chief Michel Francois and the ex-mayor of Port-au-Prince Franck Romain. Carol Orr reports (07:26-08:53)
Keywords: Banana trade -- European Union.; Economic Assistance -- Haiti.; Political refugees -- Honduras.; Drug traffic -- Caribbean Area.; Monarchy -- Britain.; Constitutional amendments -- Barbados.; Royal family.; Operation Gateway.