Caribbean Report 18-11-1993 - Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correpondent); Nicholls, Neville (interviewee); Boyd, Mark Lennox (interviewee); Wells, Bowen (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Kanhai, Rohan (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993)
Headlines with anchor Yvette Rowe (00:27).
1. Haiti’s military backed government went ahead with parliamentary elections despite pressure from the UN and wide spread voter boycott. Correspondents Mike Jarvis and Michael Norton give feedback on the elections (00:28 - 02:22).
2. Sir Neville Nicholls, President of the Caribbean Development Bank says that CARICOM could put itself at a disadvantage if it delays participation in NAFTA (02:23 -03:35).
3. Mark Lennox Boyd - British Foreign Office Minister has warned Caribbean banana producers to prepare now for the end of preferential access to Europe due to new pending arrangements. However, Bowen Wells Conservative MP doesn’t sees a more optimistic future (03:36 -08:44).
Keywords: Haiti – Government and Politics – Foreign Relations.; Caribbean Community -- Commerce -- Economic aspects.; Bananas -- Commerce -- Economic aspects -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area.; Press -- Barbados -- Politics and government -- Ethics.; Cricket -- Competitions -- West Indies.; Golf -- Competitions -- West Indies.; Haiti -- Government and Politics -- Foreign Relations -- United States.