Caribbean Report 28-03-1995

The resumption of hanging in Barbados has, once again, been delayed. Queen's Counsel Alair Shepherd, one of the lawyers for Caribbean Rights, gives the reasons why a last minute constitutional motion was filed on the condemned man's behalf. Common Cause, an American lobby group, alleges that Latin American banana interests funded US political parties just before Washington decided to investigate Europe's banana protocol. Belize's Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel continues to lobby for the US to drop their action against Europe's banana regime. In Dutch St. Martin there is debate on the language of instruction in schools. Mr. William Marlin, Commissioner of Education wants an all embracing policy to be put in place. In Guyana, concerns are raised over plans by the Omai Gold Mine to pump cyanide wastes into the Essequibo River. Guyana Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Organization (GEMCO) Secretary, Joshua Ramsammy speaks about his fears for residents in the river area and what GEMCO plans to do about the situation.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Ransome, Debbie (anchor), Niles, Bertram (correspondent), Shepherd, Alair (interviewee), McGehee, Meredith (interviewee), Jarvis, Mike (correspondent), Marlin, William (interviewee), Ramsammy, Joshua (interviewee), Konigsmann, Eric (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1995-03-28
Subjects:	Hanging, > Barbados, Appellate procedure, > Barbados, Human rights, > Barbados, Banana trade, > Caribbean Area, Banana trade, > Latin America, Campaign funds, > United States, Bananas, > Political aspects, Caribbean Area, > Relations, > United States, United States, > Relations, > Caribbean Area, Saint Martin (Netherland Antilles), > Government policy, English language, > Study and teaching, > Saint Martin (Netherland Antilles), Language and languages, > Study and teaching, Gold mines and mining, > Guyana, Gold mines and mining, > Environmental aspects, > Guyana, Cyanide wastes, > Essequibo River (Guyana), Pollution, > Environmental aspects, > Guyana,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/13960
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