Recording, oral
Caribbean Report 02-03-1990
Fecha
1990-03-02Autor
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Crosskill, Hugh (anchor)
Khan, Sharief (correspondent)
Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent)
Bhar, Robin (analyst)
Porter, Adrian (correspondent)
Colon, Rafael Hernandez (interviewee)
Barcelo, Carlos Romero (interviewee)
Martinez, Ruben Berrios (interviewee)
Martin-Jenkins, Christopher (correspondent)
Institución
Resumen
The Guyana government hopes to reach an agreement with the IMF on a support programme by the end of the month. Secondly, the government of Suriname holds a top-level meeting with Ronnie Brunswick, the jungle commando leader to finalize the peace accord which ends four years of fighting. Following the Financial News, the political future of Puerto Rico is discussed at the congressional hearings in Washington. The people of Puerto Rico are offered three options: continued status as a Commonwealth dependency; become the 51st state of the US; or total independence. The report concludes with on a celebratory note with the victory of the English cricket team against the West Indies at Sabina Park, Jamaica.