Caribbean Report 14-05-1998 - Gordon, Orin (anchor); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Austin, Reg (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Mason, Barnaby (correspondent); Castro, Fidel (interviewee); Doole, Clare (correspondent); Osana, Roy (correspondent); Anthony, Kenny (interviewee); Da Silva, Geoffrey (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998)
1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:24)
2. Politicians in the Dominican Republic have resumed campaigning for elections after three days of mourning for the Opposition Leader Pena Gomez. Jean-Michel Caroit reports on what impact the death has on the political situation (00:25-03:20)
3. Professor Reg Austin of the Commonwealth Secretariat has question the effectiveness of the whole electoral monitoring process in the Caribbean. Pete Ninvalle reports (03:21-05:37)
4. Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has assumed the Chair of the G-15, group of developing countries and called for the group to intensify dialogue with industrialized nations (05:38-09:00)
Keywords: Political campaigns -- Dominican Republic; Elections -- Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic -- Politics and government; Election monitoring -- Caribbean Area; Elections -- Commonwealth countries; Political participation; International economic relations; International cooperation; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Financial crises -- Indonesia; Group of Eight countries; International finance; Free enterprise; Poverty -- International cooperation; Public health -- Cuba; Humanitarian assistance, American -- Cuba; Social conflict -- Cuba; United States -- Foreign relations; Deportees -- Caribbean Area; Alien criminals -- United States; Deportation -- Government policy -- Canada; Violent crimes -- Caribbean Area; Group of Eight (Organization)