Caribbean Report 19-08-1991
1. Soviet Union’s President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed by the Communist Party hardliners. Prime Minister ANR Robinson says that the coup is a clear reaction to Gorbachev’s policies, whilst Prime Minister Michael Manley states that any reversal of Gorbachev’s policies will be a major setback for the Soviet Union. Trevor Monroe, leader of the Workers Party of Jamaica, comments on the demise of Mr. Gorbachev and the future of Marxism and socialism. Dennis Pantin, Economist at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, examines the impact of the coup on the Caribbean and David Young reports from Havana on the fall of President Gorbachev (00:00-12:26)
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| Format: | Recording, oral biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
1991-08-19
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| Subjects: | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-, Presidents, > Soviet Union, Coups d'état, > Soviet Union, Soviet Union, > Foreign relations, > Caribbean Area, Communism, > Soviet Union, Socialism, > Soviet Union, Deportation, > Dominican Republic, Deportees, > Haiti, > Dominican Republic, Haiti, > Foreign relations, > Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, > Politics and government, Police Commissioner, > Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Toussaint, Randolph, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/43833 |
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| Summary: | 1. Soviet Union’s President Mikhail Gorbachev has been deposed by the Communist Party hardliners. Prime Minister ANR Robinson says that the coup is a clear reaction to Gorbachev’s policies, whilst Prime Minister Michael Manley states that any reversal of Gorbachev’s policies will be a major setback for the Soviet Union. Trevor Monroe, leader of the Workers Party of Jamaica, comments on the demise of Mr. Gorbachev and the future of Marxism and socialism. Dennis Pantin, Economist at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, examines the impact of the coup on the Caribbean and David Young reports from Havana on the fall of President Gorbachev (00:00-12:26) |
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