Caribbean Report 06-04-1992 - Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Freeland, Adolphus (interviewee); Spencer, Baldwin (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. In Antigua, while the Opposition leader of the United Progressive Party, Baldwin Spencer expresses satisfaction over the public’s response to the call for a general strike, labour minister Adolphus Freeland deems it a dismal failure (00:28-03:15)
3. Allegations of police brutality surfaces once again in Barbados following the death of seventeen year old Ryan Jordan as well as the beating of his brother Mark Jordan in connection with the theft of a large sum of money. Human rights group, Caribbean Rights is looking into the matter (03:16-05:07)
4. Caribbean governments are considering shifting focus from investment in joint ventures to privatization in keeping with global trends. Economists Winston Cox, Sir Carlisle Burton, Chairman of Banks DIH Ltd. Clifford Reece and Antiguan trade minister Hugh Marshall comment on the matter (05:10-08:50)
Keywords: General strikes -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua; Police brutality -- Barbados; Police -- Complaints against -- Barbados; Caribbean Rights (Organization); Burton, Carlisle, Sir; Joint ventures -- Caribbean Area; Privatization -- Caribbean Area; Regional economics -- Caribbean Area; Windward Islands (West Indies) -- Politics and government; Public opinion polls -- Saint Lucia; Nationalism and communism -- Youth -- Cuba -- Congresses; Jordan, Ryan; Cox, Winston; Reece, Clifford; Marshall, Hugh; Hunte, Julian; Cuban Communist Youth League