Caribbean Report 19-05-2000 - Gordon, Orin (anchor); Gulhane, Nikita (correspondent); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Odlum, George (interviewee); Marville, Orlando (correspondent); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2000)
1. Headlines: (00:00-00:26)
2. Fiji has woken up to another day under siege as gunmen trying to overthrow the government continue to hold the Prime Ministers and Members of Parliament hostage. In Suva, hundreds of shops have smashed and glass litter the streets. Heavy smoke from fires lit by looters blanketed the city. (00:27-04:16)
3. George Odlum, St Lucian Foreign Minister, had said yesterday that CARICOM countries should refuse to sign the Suva Convention to protest against the withdrawal of Cuba’s application for ACP membership. He now calls it a knee jerk reaction. Europe raised concern over Cuba’s human rights record, and Cuba withdrew its application in protest. (04:17-08:03)
4. Voters in Haiti are preparing for general and local elections on Sunday. Most major problems have been resolved, except for the city of Jeremie which might see its election exercise delayed for a short time. (08:04-11:24)
Keywords: Civil unrest - - Fiji; Fiji - - Politics and government; Human rights - - Cuba; Cuba - - Foreign relations - - European Union; Cuba- - Foreign relations - - Caribbean Area; Elections - - Haiti; Deportation - - United States; Criminals - - United States; United States - - Foreign relation - - Caribbean Area; United States - - Emigration and Immigration; Aliens - - United States; Labor disputes - - Grenada