Caribbean Report 10-04-2002 - Richards, Ken (anchor); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Goutier, Hegel (speaker); Swan, John (interviewee); Arenas, Judit (speaker); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Manigat, Leslie François (interviewee); Mayenda, Koto (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. The West Indies vs India cricket test series is set to start on the same day as a protest by Guyana’s opposition party the People’s National Congress (PNC) whose Leader Desmond Hoyte is calling for the disbanding of the “Black Clothes Police” after police kill a robbery suspect and PNC supporter. Orin Gordon reports on the political situation and the cricket, highlighting Carl Hooper and Brian Lara (00:35-03:01)
3. The European Union (EU) is to open trade talks with the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of Countries (ACP) aimed at negotiating with the seventy-six ACP countries to have the European-ACP trade and aid pact more in line with World Trade Organization rules by reworking the Cotonou Convention. Ken Richards interviews Brussels-based ACP Attaché Hegel Goutier (03:02-05:52)
4. Former Premier of Bermuda, Sir John Swan blasts CARICOM on criticising US policy on Haiti and questions Bermuda’s growing links with CARICOM whose states he says show an anti-American bias which could hamper Bermudian interests. Bermuda recently became an associate member of CARICOM (05:53-09:17)
Keywords: People’s National Congress; Demonstrations -- Guyana; Police shootings – Guyana; Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- Guyana; Political activists -- Guyana; Political science -- Guyana; Hoyte, Hugh Desmond; Test matches (Cricket) -- West Indies; Lara, Brian, 1969-; Cotonou Agreement (2000 June 23); ACP Group - Commerce; European Union - Commerce; World Trade Organization; International trade; Caribbean Community; United States -- Foreign relations -- Haiti; Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- United States; Bermuda; Executions and executioners; Amnesty International; United Nations; Executions and executioners -- China; Fanmi lavalas (Organization); Death; University of the West Indies; Black Clothes Police Unit (Guyana); Hooper, Carl, 1966-; West Indies v India at Georgetown, Guyana. 1st Test (11-15 April 2002); CARICOM; Convergence Démocratique -- Haiti; Headley, Oliver, 1942-2002