Caribbean Report 28-10-1992 - Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Charles, Eugenia (speaker); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (speaker); Ramphal, Shridath (speaker); Manning, Patrick (speaker); Jagan, Cheddi (speaker); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Gonsalves, Ralph (speaker); Woolf, Clive (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. Sandra Baptiste covers the special summit being held in Trinidad and looks at the discussion surrounding the adjustment of the Common External Tariff. Reactions to the issue are given by Dominica’s Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, Montserrat’s Chief Minister, Reuben Meade and Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader, Basdeo Panday (00:29-03:40)
3. In his speech at the opening of the special summit, Sir Shridath Ramphal uses sharp words for those who had publicly criticized some of the recommendations contained in the West Indian Commission’s report. Clips are played of remarks made by Chairman of the summit, Patrick Manning and Guyana’s Prime Minister, Dr. Cheddi Jagan (03:41-08:01)
4. Pete Ninvalle reports on the meeting of the Windward Islands Opposition Politicians who have criticized their governments for ignoring their call for a multi-party approach to the issue of preferential treatment of Caribbean bananas. Comments are given by St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader, Julian Hunte and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (08:02-11:14)
Keywords: Tariff -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Community. Conference of Heads of Government; Banana trade -- Windward Islands (West Indies); Tariff preferences -- Windward Islands (West Indies); Hanging -- Belize; Death row inmates -- Belize; Common External Tariff -- Adjustment -- Caribbean Area; CARICOM Heads of Government Special Summit (1992); West Indian Commission -- Recommendations -- Caribbean Area; Vasquez, Dean -- Belize