Caribbean Report 27-05-1998 - Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor); Lestrade, Swinburne (interviewee); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Lampreia, Luiz Felipe (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Stafford, Diane (interviewee); Faruqi, Rumman (interviewee); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Chakrabarti, Reeta (correspondent); Weeden, Brian (interviewee); Lawrence, Neville (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. At the formal opening of the OECS Heads of Government summit, Director General Swinburne Lestrade states that the organization is in dire financial straits. Also on the agenda is the proposed OECS-Barbados confederation (00:29-02:33)
3. In Cuba, visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia held a meeting with one of the island's leading dissidents and he also stated that Cuba should comply with the democratic clauses in the OAS Charter. Tom Gibb reports (02:34-04:53)
4. Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton's drug policy advisor is in the Dominican Republic to talk about measures aimed at combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Orin Gordon reports (04:54-06:04)
Keywords: Caribbean Area -- Economic integration; Brazil -- Foreign relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- Brazil; Democracy -- Cuba; Drug traffic -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention; Drug control -- United States; Money laundering -- Prevention -- International cooperation; Banks and banking, International -- Corrupt practices; Tax evasion -- Commonwealth countries; Banana trade -- Windward Islands; European Union countries -- Commercial policy; Foreign trade regulation; Asians -- Saint Lucia; Detention of persons -- Saint Lucia; Immigrants -- Saint Lucia; Criminal investigation -- Great Britain; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain; Law enforcement -- Great Britain; Organization of American States; O.E.C.S. (Organization) -- Finance