Caribbean Report 18-09-1990 - Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Pascal, Robert (interviewee); Stainer, Robin (analyst); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Montgomery, William (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:42)
2. In the largest drug bust in the history of the Dominican Republic, the authorities seized over 1000 kilos of cocaine. Jean Michel Caroit reports that out of the 17 people arrested, most were from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic (00:43-02:32)
3. Former US President, Jimmy Carter, visits Haiti to monitor the upcoming electoral process. His mission will include talks with the President of Haiti, the Electoral Council, political and community leaders and the Head of the Haitian armed forces. Dr. Robert Pascal accompanies Jimmy Carter and is interviewed by Pat Whitehorne (02:33-06:06)
4. The International Coffee Organization has begun two weeks of talks in London in an effort to stabilize the world coffee price. Robin Stainer, Commodity Analyst, states that a dispute over market shares is a major stumbling block at the meeting (06:07-08:41)
Keywords: Drug control -- Dominican Republic; Cocaine industry -- Dominican Republic; Drug traffic -- Dominican Republic; Election monitoring -- Haiti; Coffee -- Prices; Investments -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Economic aspects -- Canada; Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation; Technical assistance -- Caribbean Area; Coup d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago; Jamaat al Muslimeen -- Trinidad and Tobago