Caribbean Report 01-10-1991 - Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Wade, John (correspondent); Gunness, Christopher (correspondent); Perez de Cuellar, Javier (interviewee); Longchamp, Fritz (interviewee); Coore, David (interviewee); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Caroit, Jean-Michel (correspondent); Orkney, Elsa (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:49)
2. Last night’s military coup in Haiti leads to the fleeing of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Venezuela and draws outrage from the international community. Michael Norton reports from Haiti that a dust to dawn curfew is imposed and there is sporadic gunfire from the army personnel today (00:50-01:44)
3. Unconfirmed reports are circulating on the death of leader of the Tonton Macoutes, Roger Lafontant, in prison, whilst imprisoned loyalists to Jean Claude Duvalier have been freed or broken out of prisons in Haiti as a result of the coup (01:45-02:06)
4. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide arrives in Caracas and John Wade reports on the reactions of the Haitian President and Venezuelan’s President Carlos Andres Perez to the uprising (02:07-04:12)
Keywords: Coup d'etat -- Haiti; Haiti -- Politics and government; Aristide, Jean-Bertrand; Organization of American States; United Nations -- Security Council; Caribbean Rights (Organization); Santiago Compromise