Caribbean Report 21-05-1992 - Ransome, Debbie (anchor ; interviewer); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); St. Luce, John (interviewee); Leyne, Jon (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:32)
2. At the seventeenth meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) in Jamaica, president of the European Community Council, José Manuel Barroso warns that aid from Europe to developing countries could be halted because of breaches of human rights. Correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports (00:33-05:38)
3. Central American countries threaten to retaliate against the European Commission if it does not change its banana trade policy which gives preferential treatment to ACP States (05:39-06:26)
4. The call for a general strike by a number of Haitian community groups goes unheeded by the general public but is supported by students with low turnouts at schools. Correspondent Michael Norton reports (06:28-08:27)
Keywords: ACP Group -- Congresses; Conditionality (International relations) -- Developing countries; Economic assistance -- Developing countries; Banana trade -- Europe -- Commercial treaties; Banana trade -- Central America; Tariff preferences -- Developing countries; General strikes -- Haiti; Haiti -- Politics and government; Civil service -- Dismissal of -- Jamaica; Downsizing of organizations -- Jamaica; Antigua Labour Party -- Elections; Political campaigns -- Corrupt practices -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua; Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- Cuba; United Nations. Security Council -- Congresses; Banana trade -- African, Caribbean and Pacific States; Tariff preferences -- Banana trade -- Developing countries; Smear campaigns -- Antigua