Caribbean Report 08-11-1990 - Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Varsi, Mehdi (analyst); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Richardson, Selwyn; Panday, Basdeo; Marshall, Morris; Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Perreira, Joseph 'Reds' (correspondent); Thatcher, Margaret; Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)
2. British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, warns Saddam Hosein to get out of Kuwait or England and the allies will remove him by force. As a result of this warning, the price of oil has risen and adversely affects the oil importing countries, including the Caribbean nations. Mehdi Varzi, Senior Oil Analyst of Kleinwort Benson and G. Arthur Brown, Governor of the Bank of Jamaica comment on the effects of the threat of war on oil prices (00:41-03:36)
3. The debate on the proposed extension of the state of emergency continues in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and resulted in the continuation of a reduced curfew from 1 am to 5 am. Debbie Ransome also reports on the presence of heavy security outside the Red House as the sitting of Parliament resumes. The report features excerpts of speeches from Selwyn Richardson Minister of National Security, Basdeo Panday of the Opposition and PNM MP Morris Marshall (03:37-06:56)
4. Working People’s Alliance in Guyana announces that the party will contest the forthcoming elections on its own and not under the united coalition of the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy. Pat Whitehorne interviews Rupert Roopnarine of the WPA (06:57-09:50)
Keywords: Petroleum -- Prices -- Caribbean Area; Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991; Coup d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago -- Politics and government; Working People's Alliance Guyana; Elections -- Guyana; PCD (Political party : Guyana); Cricket -- Tournaments -- West Indies; Cricket -- Tournaments -- Pakistan; State of emergency -- Trinidad and Tobago; Patriotic Coalition for Democracy (Guyana); CARICOM Secretariat; Mills Report