Caribbean Report 01-08-1990

The Muslim gunmen holding forty hostages at Parliament building and the television station in Port of Spain have surrendered and the hostages are being released. Ira Mathur (correspondent) speaks on the release of the women parliamentarians, Gloria Henry and Jennifer Johnson at Parliament building, the mood of the population in Port of Spain and reported casualties at the city's hospital. Kate Adie (correspondent) describes in detail the surrender of the fifty insurgents who were later driven away in army vehicles. Laura Lee Madeira, daughter of Jones P. Madeira, hostage and journalist is thankful for the release of her father and Trinidadians voice strong disapproval of the coup. Much thought provoking issues come up with the coup d'etat including the fragility of Caribbean democracies and the impact of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on small economies. Sahadeo Basdeo,Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister and Dennis Pantin, vice-president of the Association of Caribbean Economist speak on the issues.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Whitehorne, Pat (anchor), Mathur, Ira (correspondent), Adie, Kate (correspondent), Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent), Madeira, Laura Lee (interviewee), Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee), Pantin, Dennis (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1990-08-01
Subjects:	Muslims, Black, > Trinidad and Tobago., Trinidad and Tobago, > History, > Attempted coup, 1990., Coups d'etat, > Trinidad and Tobago., Islam and State, > Trinidad and Tobago., Structural adjustment (Economic policy), > Trinidad and Tobago., Jamaat-al-Muslimeen.,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/11293
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