Jamaica
| Recording, oral
Caribbean Report 22-05-1990
Fecha
1990-05-22Autor
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Whitehorne, Pat (anchor)
Feierstein, Mark (interviewee)
Sugden, David (interviewee)
Woolston, Ben (interviewee)
Williams, Eddie (correspondent)
Taylor, David (interviewee)
Institución
Resumen
In the aftermath of the general elections in the Dominican Republic, there are widespread rumours that Joaquin Balaguer has won the elections and secured a sixth term in office. While his reformist party is declaring him president, the two main opposition parties are claiming serious electoral malpractice and fraud. Secondly, a draft proposal by Britain on restricting of the banana market after 1992 is causing alarm amongst Caribbean banana producers. In the proposal, Britain is requesting a quota on the import of bananas to the EEC which is deemed by some analyst as impractical and could lead to a drastic fall in the price of bananas for Caribbean countries. Following the Financial News, the murder of a wealthy Englishman in St. Maarten is the latest in a series of violent crimes on the island. The report concludes with the appointment of David Taylor as the new governor of Montserrat, a former Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands.