Caribbean Report 06-03-1997

Caribbean Report 06-03-1997

Dr. Cheddi Jagan has passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning at a Washington hospital. The news was broken in Georgetown this morning by acting President Sam Hinds who was sworn in this morning as Guyana’s new executive president. Next, in this 1963 interview obtained from the BBC World Service Archives, Dr Jagan talks about his early life and Warren Gordon traces the latter part of it. Next, Julia Thompson gives the reactions of some prominent Caribbean leaders and Caricom Heads of government following the death of Dr Cheddi Jagan. Next, tributes to President Jagan. In the following Caribbean journalist discusses Dr Jagan’s contribution to Caribbean politics. In the final segment, the President’s long terms successor is discussed.

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Main Authors: The British Broadcasting Corporation, Richards, Ken (anchor), Hinds, Sam (interviewee), Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee), Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee), Smith, Colin (correspondent), Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee), Gordon, Warren (correspondent), Thompson, Julia (correspondent), Mitchell, Keith (interviewee), Douglas, Denzil (interviewee), James, Edison (interviewee), Grant, Bernie (interviewee), Crosskill, Hugh (interviewee), Bousquet, Earl (interviewee), Singh, Rickey (interviewee)
Other Authors: The University of the West Indies
Format: Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:English
Published: The British Broadcasting Corporation 1997-03-06
Subjects:Jagan, Cheddi,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2139/18581
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