Caribbean Report 13-04-1994 - Orr, Carol (anchor); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Marville, Orlando (interviewee); Watkins, Kevin (interviewee); Stephens, Christopher (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Geoff, Leslie (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994)
1. Headlines with Carol Orr (00:00-00:27)
2. In Cuba, the people and the economy are being battered by long electrical outages for the past year the power black outs have been on average 6 hours a day but have gone up to 10-15 hours. Flashlights are hard to come by and so are Coleman lanterns. Lionel Martin reports on the situation in Cuba (00:28-02:50)
3. As the world’s trade and foreign ministers meet in Morocco to put in place the final act of the Uruguay round, concern over the effect on the Lomé Agreement has increased. However, fears that preferential access under the Lomé will be made redundant under the new free trade order have been dismissed by the Ambassador of Barbados to the EU, Orlando Marville and Kevin Watkins, Senior Policy Advisor for Oxfam (02:51-05:26)
4. Countries from the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific do not need to restrict their products in order to get the best out of the new world trading order. These countries need to diversify their exports and their markets to get the most out of the new world trading order. Christopher Stephens, Fellow at the Sussex University’s Institute of Development studies on speak on the issue. Hugh Crosskill reports (05:27- 08:55)
Keywords: Electric power failures -- Cuba; Cuba -- Economic conditions -- 1990-; Lome Convention; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Commercial treaties; Haiti -- Politics and government--20th century