Caribbean Report 16-09-1991 - Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Lilley, Peter (speaker); Mack, Connie (interviewee); Mallet, George (interviewee); Peterkin, Richard (interviewee); Smith, Clifford (correspondent); Trotman, Leroy (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. The resignation of Montserrat’s Deputy Chief Minister, Benjamin Chalmers, forces the government to call an early elections. Mike Jarvis reports that Chalmers resigned due to differences with the Chief Minister, John Osborne, and a dispute over fees charged to Montserrat Port Authority by Osborne’s shipping company (00:35-02:16)
3. Britain’s Trade Minister, Peter Lilley, rejected the Mack Amendment which prevents foreign subsidiaries of US firms from trading with Cuba. Connie Mack, US Senator, defends the new policy and states that tighter hold on Cuba will close the gapping loophole in the trading embargo with Cuba and lead to the fall of the Castro government (02:17-06:34)
4. Conflicting signals are coming out of St. Lucia as the implementation date of the Common External Tariff of October 1st approaches. Trade Minister, George Mallet, states that St. Lucia is ready to meet the CET deadline, whilst the Chamber of Commerce President, Richard Peterkin, is requesting an indefinite suspension of the implementation date (06:35-10:01)
Keywords: Elections -- Montserrat; Public officers -- Resignation -- Montserrat; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba; Embargo -- Cuba; Saint Lucia -- Commerce; Deputy Chief Minister -- Resignation -- Montserrat; Mack Amendment; Common External Tariff