Caribbean Report 19-01-1990

The program focuses on the agreement by the British government to amend seventeen items in Anguilla’s constitution, including the right of men and women to pass voting rights to their foreign spouses. The leader of the opposition’s Anguilla United Party comments that the amendments do not address the vote of no confidence in Anguilla. Following the Financial Market news, the next segment highlights the outbreak of dengue fever in Trinidad with reports of 103 cases, the confirmation of the death of a teenager, and the prevention campaign being adversely affected by the shortage of insecticides. The round-up segment covers the new policy by Margaret Thatcher to ensure the payment of child support by runaway fathers; England’s upcoming cricket tour of the West Indies and South Africa; and an award for good conduct and service to the first black policeman, Anguillan-born, Noel Roberts. The final segment examines Havana’s protest to the UN’s Security Council about the American plan to set up a television station, TV Marti, in Cuba. According to a letter by Cuba’s Foreign Minister, it is an attempt by the US to mutilate the national sovereignty of Cuba and destabilize the country.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Timmins, Jerry (anchor), Gannes, Emile (interviewee), Toalster, John (analyst), Mathur, Ira (correspondent), O'Toole, Pamela (correspondent)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Sound, mp3 biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1990-01-19
Subjects:	Constitutional amendments, > Anguilla., Women, > Suffrage, > Anguilla., Dengue, > Prevention, > Trinidad and Tobago., Cuba, > Foreign relations, > 1990-, Television, > Censorship, > Cuba., Cuban American relations., TV Marti, > Cuba.,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/11378
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