Caribbean Report 15-02-1995

CARICOM Heads of Government gather in Belize for a two-day Intersessional Meeting to discuss a packed agenda. Among the key issues is the privatization of the regional airline LIAT. Antigua's Aviation Minister Robin Yearwood reacts to the contentious issue of a new airline, Carib Express, formed by the backing of four CARICOM governments. Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), Pat Thompson argues for a group approach by CARICOM as it seeks membership of NAFTA. The host Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel will take this opportunity to ensure CARICOM remains steadfast in its support of Belize in the long running territorial dispute with neighbouring Guatemala. Also, Jamaica will meet with Panamanian authorities to try and persuade them to prevent the proposed shipment of nuclear wastes from passing through the Panama Canal. In Haiti, there has been an attack on an Argentinian member of the peacekeeping force. Meanwhile in English county club cricket, Middlesex is hoping to pull off the snatch of the century by luring West Indies batsman, Brian Lara away from Warwickshire. There is a religious war of words in Trinidad between bandleader Peter Minshall and local churchman Pastor Winston Cuffie over Minshall's decision to call his Carnival band "Hallelujah". Minshall responds to his critics as such Tony Fraser reports on this controversy and how much support each side has received. A controversial calypso this year is a spicy political commentary on Hulsie Bhaggan, a UNC Member of Parliament.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Crosskill, Hugh (anchor), Yearwood, Robin (interviewee), Charles, Eugenia (interviewee), Thompson, Pat (interviewee), Robertson, Paul (interviewee), Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee), Esquivel, Manuel (interviewee), Norton, Michael (correspondent), Ransome, Debbie (interviewee), Minshall, Peter (interviewee), Cuffie, Winston (interviewee), Fraser, Tony (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1995-02-15
Subjects:	Caribbean Area, > Economic integration, Airlines, > Economic aspects, > Caribbean Area, Free trade, > Caribbean Area, Agriculture, > Caribbean Area, Belize, > Boundaries, > Guatemala, Guatemala, > Boundaries, > Belize, Hazardous wastes, > Caribbean Area, Radioactive waste disposal, > Caribbean Area, Peacekeeping forces, > Haiti, Violence, > Haiti, Peacekeeping forces, Australian, > Haiti, Cricket, > England, Cricket players, > Trinidad and Tobago, Costume designers, > Trinidad and Tobago, Carnival, > Trinidad and Tobago, Pentecostals, > Trinidad and Tobago, > Religion, Calypso (Music), > Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Community, Greenpeace International, Lara, Brian Charles,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/13541
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!