Caribbean Report 19-03-1993

Two Deputy Governors and a manager from Jamaica’s Central Bank are to be fired. This follows from an independent report on the Foreign Exchange Scandal (Jamaica) – correspondent Gary Allen reports from Kingston. Possible changes in the running of the CARICOM Secretariat as are in the pipeline as CARICOM leaders hold their mini summit. Correspondent Yvette Rowe reports from an interview with host Prime Minister Eugenia Charles – who said that restructuring will be on of the most important items on the agenda. Attempts were made before Guyana’s courts to have former President - Desmond Hoyte removed as opposition leader The legal challenge came from within the People’s National Congress Party as infighting continues between factions loyal to Hoyte and those loyal to former Prime Minister Hamilton Green- correspondent Sharif Khan reports. The Barbados government is considering buying sugar from Guyana and cancelling a controversial arrangement with US company – the arrangement with the Indiapolis based process supply company has been questioned several times in parliament. David Bowen – Barbados Agricultural Minister said that the importation of Guatemala sugar from the US company will become a thing of the past. Ian MacDonald – Marketing and Administration Manager of GuySuCo speaks on whether Guyana can meet Barbados’s needs. However, Dame Billie Antoinette Miller - Opposition MP has expressed her reservations about the arrangement - correspondent Yvette Rowe reports. United Nations agencies are asking for international aid for Cuba following the devastation caused by the violent storms. In an interview with Ricardo Alarcón – Cuba’s Foreign Minister, correspondent Lionel Martin takes a look at Cuba’s changing political scene.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Rowe, Yvette (anchor), Allen, Gary (correspondent), Khan, Sharief (correspondent), Miller, Billie (interviewee), Martin, Lionel (correspondent), Bowen, David (interviewee), Charles, Eugenia (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 2012-06-27T18:24:38Z
Subjects:	Banks and banking, > Corrupt practices—Jamaica., Foreign exchange, > Law and legislation, > Jamaica., Caribbean Area, > Politics and government., Caribbean Community—Commerce, > Caribbean Area., Guyana—Politics and government., Politicians, > Guyana., Barbados—Commerce—Agriculture-Politics and government., Hurricanes, > Cuba., Disaster relief, > Cuba., Cuba —Foreign Relations—United States., Cuba-Politics and government.,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/13081
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