Caribbean Report 29-05-1998 - Naysmith, Electra (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee); Sawyer, Jerome (correspondent); Mitchell, Fred (interviewee); John, Cindi (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Finley, Mike (correspondent); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Wilhelm, Charles (interviewee); et al. (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998)
1. Headlines with Electra Naysmith (00:00-00:24)
2. Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General Ramesh Maharaj announces that the government is to withdraw from the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as convicted murderers were using these human rights bodies to frustrate the implementation of the death penalty (00:25-02:22)
3. In the Bahamas, opposition politicians are calling on the government to clarify its position on Cuban asylum seekers. Jerome Sawyer reports that Cuban exiles in Florida are calling for a tourist boycott of the island (02:23-04:05)
4. Havana confirmed 3 baseball players and their coach returned to Cuba by Bahamas last week have officially been offered asylum by Nicaragua (04:06-04:19)
Keywords: Capital punishment -- Trinidad and Tobago; Human rights -- Trinidad and Tobago; Treaties; Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Bahamas; Asylum, Right of; Emigration and immigration law -- Bahamas; Political refugees -- Cuba; Baseball players -- Cuba; Regionalism -- America; Church and state -- Cuba; Social change -- Cuba; Political candidates -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Politics and government; Drug traffic -- Prevention -- International cooperation; Drug control; Security, International -- International cooperation; Narcotics -- Supply and demand; Spelling bees -- United States; Academic achievement -- Jamaica; Exiles -- Florida -- Miami -- Political activity; Organization of American States -- Membership; Catholic Church -- Cuba