The University of the West IndiesRowe, Yvette (anchor)Vendrell, Francese (interviewee)Martin, Lionel (correspondent)Whittingham, Derek (interviewee)Anderson, Jeff (interviewee)Hospedales, James (interviewee)Cummings, Rudolph (interviewee)2020-05-012020-05-011993-06-15CAR1297https://hdl.handle.net/2139/489961. Headlines (00:00-00:38)2. The UN Security Council is set to debate the expansion of the embargo on Haiti ignoring a decision by the Haitian parliament to recognize President Aristide as the country’s leader. The conditions set down by the Haitian parliament include the lifting of sanctions, President Aristide to remain in exile for an unspecified period, granting amnesty to the army’s leadership and endorsing legislation passed in his absence. Interview with Frances Vendrell, Senior Advisor to UN Envoy to Haiti, Dante Caputo (00:39-02:42)3. Russian military presence in Cuba came to an end with the closure of the Russian garrison. However, a senior Russian military official has assured Havana that this may not be the end of military collaboration. Military cooperation between Russia and Cuba has fallen since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Lionel Martin reports (02:43-05:20)4. Cuba announced that it will cut its armed forces because of the country’s desperate economic problems. An official statement says the situation was exacerbated by the withdrawal of military aid with the break-up of the Soviet Union. In addition, Cuba says that it is willing to include the issue of compensation for nationalized US companies in negotiation in normalizing relations (05:21-05:50)5. A television documentary aired in Britain list Jamaica as one of the holiday destinations where tourists could be at risk. The program “Dark Side of the Sun” focus on whether British tourists are given adequate information about possible dangers to some holiday destinations. Interviews with Derek Whittingham, Manager of the Jamaica Tourist Board in the United Kingdom and Jeff Anderson, producer of “Dark Side of the Sun” (05:51-12:15)6. Doctors in the Caribbean region are concerned that diseases which were once in decline are re-emerging. Two such diseases are tuberculosis and cholera. Interviews with James Hospedales, Caribbean Epidemiology Centre and Rudolph Cummings, Director of Guyana’s Regional Health Services (12:16-15:15)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 15 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationHaiti -- Politics and governmentHaiti –- Military relationsHaiti –- Foreign relationsEmbargo -- HaitiCuba -- Foreign relations -- RussiaRussia -- Foreign relations -- CubaCuba -- Military relationsAdvertising -- Tourism -- JamaicaTourism -- JamaicaDiseases -- Caribbean AreaCholera -- Caribbean AreaTuberculosis -- Caribbean AreaCaribbean Epidemiology CentreRecording, oralAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.