Caribbean Report 07-03-2002 - Niles, Bertram (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Phillips, Peter D. (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Douglas, Denzil Llewellyn (interviewee); Greenspan, Alan (speaker); Ellis, David (correspondent); Soo Ping Chow, Colin (speaker); Toppin, Patrick (speaker); Robinson, Justin (speaker) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. Political talks to convene parliament in Trinidad and Tobago collapse and the parties appear to be on an elections footing. Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday walks out of the talks saying that Prime Minister Patrick Manning is not serious about power sharing, while Prime Minister Manning is hoping a UNC member will cross the floor thereby giving the PNM government a majority. Tony Fraser reviews the political environment in Trinidad and Tobago (00:28-02:44)
3. Reuters News Agency reports from Havana that a group of Cuban dissidents has gathered a petition of ten thousand signatures calling for the Cuban parliament to hold a referendum of political reforms. Such a campaign has been unheard of since President Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. His government scorns dissidents as counter-revolutionary pawns of the United States and anti-Castro Cuban-American groups in Miami Florida (02:45-03:11)
4. Jamaican police shoot and kill four robbery suspects in central St. Catherine. No police officers are injured or killed. International Human Rights groups complain about killings by police in Jamaica and Jamaica’s National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips visits London and meets with British officials on how they can help Jamaica stem the violence (03:12-06:41)
Keywords: Panday, Basdeo; Coalitions -- Trinidad and Tobago; Political stability -- Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Dissenters -- Cuba; Petitions -- Cuba; Referendum -- Cuba; Political science -- Politics and government -- Reform; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; Crime prevention -- Jamaica; Police shootings -- Jamaica; Jamaica -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Human rights advocacy -- Jamaica; Tax havens -- Bermuda; Tax exemption -- Bermuda; Criticism -- United States; Surveys -- Bermuda; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Foreign relations -- Montserrat; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Foreign relations -- Dominica; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Foreign relations -- Saint Kitts and Nevis; Tax havens -- Montserrat; Tax havens -- Dominica; Tax havens -- Saint Kitts and Nevis; Financial Action Task Force; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.); Recessions -- United States; Accountants -- Caribbean Area; Accounting -- Caribbean Area; Auditors -- Caribbean Area; Auditors -- United States; Accounting firms -- Caribbean Area; Accounting firms -- United States; Enron Corp.; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Stockholders -- Protection -- United States; United States -- Employees -- Discipline; Consumer cooperatives -- United States; Chief executive officers -- United States; Auditing -- United States; United States. Drug Enforcement Administration; Hutchinson, William Asa, 1950-; Ecstasy (Drug); Drug traffic -- United States; Drug traffic -- Caribbean; Youth; Political impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st century; Reuters News Agency; Ministry of Telecommunications and E-Commerce (Bermuda); Blacklists -- Money laundering -- Saint Kitts and Nevis; Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados