The Windward Islands Banana Development Exporting Company (WIBDECO) in partnership with Fyffes has submitted a bid for the Geest banana division. In St. Lucia, Tourism Minister Romanos Lansico sees himself as the candidate to succeed Prime Minister John Compton. However, there are growing reports that Dr. Vaughan Lewis may be the man to replace Mr. Compton. Britain and France are pushing for an European plan to tackle drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Britain's new asylum and immigration bill is receiving flack from organizations that feels the proposed legislation discriminates against the black community. MP Bernie Grant comments on the hardships ahead for refugees and asylum seekers. Meanwhile, Guadeloupeans continue strike action in solidarity with their counterparts in France. In Grenada, a commission of inquiry led by Dominican Justice Ashton Piper is formed to look into the part privatization of the solar electricity company (GRENLEC) and the use of a capital fund. In Guyana, questions surround the report on the environmental and economic effects of the Omai cyanide spill. Next, gunmen opened fire on the home of Leon Jeune, a leading presidential candidate in Haiti. Cuban President Fidel Castro called for Japan's support for achieving an end to the US economic sanctions against Cuba.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
The British Broadcasting Corporation,
Richards, Ken (anchor),
Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent),
Compton, John (interviewee),
Lansico, Romanos (interviewee),
Ransome, Debbie (correspondent),
Grant, Bernie (interviewee),
Coughlan, Geraldine (correspondent),
Moraes, Claude (interviewee),
Smith, Lew (correspondent),
Gordon, Orin (correspondent) |
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| Other Authors: |
The University of the West Indies |
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| Format: | Recording, oral
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
The British Broadcasting Corporation
1995-12-12
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| Subjects: | Banana trade,
> Windward Islands,
Sale of business enterprises,
Heads of state,
> Succession,
> Saint Lucia,
Saint Lucia,
> Politics and government,
Drug traffic,
> Caribbean Area,
> Prevention,
Economic assistance, European,
> Caribbean Area,
Drug control,
> Great Britain,
Drug control,
> France,
Great Britain,
> Emigration and immigration,
> Government policy,
Emigration and immigration law,
> Great Britain,
Refugees,
> Government policy,
> Great Britain,
Strikes and lockouts,
> Guadeloupe,
Demonstrations,
> Guadeloupe,
Privatization,
> Grenada,
Public utilities,
> Grenada,
Governmental investigations,
> Grenada,
Pollution,
> Environmental aspects,
> Guyana,
Pollution,
> Economic aspects,
> Guyana,
Liability for environmental damages,
Political violence,
> Haiti,
Haiti,
> Politics and government,
Cuba,
> Foreign relations,
Economic sanctions, American,
> Cuba, |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/24742
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