JPRS ID: 10394 LATIN AMERICA REPORT

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16 March 1982
Lati n Arne~~ca Re ort
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16 March 1982
LATIN AMERICA REPORT
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CONTENTS
ENERGY ECONOMICS
DOMIDtICA
Briefs ~
I-~ydroelectric Study 1
. COUNTRY SECTION
ARGENTINA
Bri ef s
Manrique Talks With Mexican Press ?
BAHAMAS
Econou~y in Trouble on Many Fronts Unemployment Ris ing
(LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORTS--CARIBBEAN, JS Jan 82) . 3
COLOMBIA
Briefs
Indian Congress Denounces SLI 5
CUBA
Lack of Western Support for UNESCO, IPDC Scored
(PRELA, 23 Feb 82) 7
Economic Conference With Japan Ends, Protocol Signed
(Victorio M. Copa; PRELA, 18 Feb 82) 8
Briefs
Details on PDRY Agreement 10
Canadian ~'ishery Ministry llelegates 10
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. 'PR~LA' Reports Villalobos Statement to Venceremos
(PRELA, 15 Feb 82) 12
F'ti1IN Leader Says Struggle at 'Decisive Stage'
(PRELA, 15 Feb 82) 14
Insurrectional Spirit on Rise, Says Cienfuegos
- (PRELA, 16 Feb 82) 15
HAITI
I?uvalier's Bodygu~rds Reported in Armed Clash
(PRELA, 25 Feb 82) 17
- ST LUCIA
~ Briefs
Venezuela:~ Assistance 18
SURI?`1AI~~
Briefs
Visiting Nicarb.~uan Delegation 19
VEIVEZUELA
Columnist Scores DISIP Operational Practices
(PRELA, 2 Feb 82) 20
Poland's Solidarity Leaders ~Ieet With Pr?sident
(PRELA, 27 Jan S2) 21
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ENERGY ECONOMICS DOMINICA

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BRIEFS
HYDROELECTRIC STUDY--Canada is funding studies for a country-wide hydro-electric
system. The ~e~ney will come througlz CIDA. and a feasibility study will be carried
out by the national electrical co-operative association bassd in the Unitec! States.
The aim of the study is to f ind suitable areas for small-scale hydro-electric
generating units in the north, north-east and south of the island. Dart of the
proposed plan will also involve offering cheap electricity to in~ustry setting up
in the eastern part of the island. The country's electricitq s~?stem is owned by
the London-based Commonwealtn Devel4pment Corporation, which is in trouble with
- the British govPrnment over further fund;ng. The government would like to buy
out the British organisation's shares, but does not have the money. [Text]
[London LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORTS--CARIBBEAN in English 15 Jan 82 p 12]
[COPYRIGHT: LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORTS, 1982]
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COUNTRY SECTION . BAHAMAS
. ECONOMY IN TROUBLE ON MANY FRONTS; UNII~LOYI~TT RISING
London LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORTS--CARIBBEAN in English 15 Jan 82 pp 10-11
[Text] The slump in tourism and a rising import bill mean that the once stable
Bahamian economy is facing difficulties which can only aggravate the country's
_ severe social problems. Foreign debt, unemployment and crime are all on.the
increase.
`In spite of all the mistakes that we have made, we
have saved our people from the frustration, depri-
- vations and tragedies ~ that have overtaken other
human societies,' finance minister Arthur Hanna
ol~served at the conclusion of his 1982 budget address.
The claim was hardly supported by his figures, which
clearly showed the. extent of the country's economic
problems. ~
Tourism, which accounts for some 60 per cent of
GNP and over 56 per cent of government revenue, is
in deep trouble (RC-81-08). 1'he 18 per cent drop in
earnings from US$595.5m in 1980 to US$488.3m
last year has pushed the industry. back to pre-1978
levels. The decline in real terms was even more steep,
~iven an average annual inflation rate of 10 per cent
over thE~ past three years.
Flanna's prediction that increased air and cruise
. ship services and more competitive pricing would pro-
. cluce an early turnaround is belied by the adminis-
tration's c,wn calculations. Government revenues
~ from Lourism, including departure, hotel ~ecupancy
and casino taxes, are all projected to fall below 198i
estimates and to increa~^ only 12 per cent more than
the US$2~1m actually c.erived in 19$0.
. Cusi.oms clui,ic~s, fed lar~ely by tourist demand, are
. rxpt~c~ed 6o drop to US$156.8m, some US$12.8m
~ below 1981's projections, and only 9.7 per cent more
than actual earnings in 1980. Stamp tax revenues,
derivecl mainly from property sales, and reflectin~ the
level of forci~n invc~stment, are budgeted at US$16.3m,
~ down US~3.7m over 1981 estimates, and just 3.2 per
cent morc~ than was realised in 1980. Together the.~
Lhre~e~ cate~;ories re~prc~~~nt 88 per cent of the govern-
mrn6's t.;ix rcwenue ancl 65.5 p~~r cent of all projected
~ ~ ~;ovc~rnmen6 r~~vc~nuc fcxr 1982.
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ffanna offer~d several reasons for *he tourism
decline. Besides the pre~ent worldwide recession, he
cited the US air traffic controllers'strike, depreciation
of Furopean currencies a~ainst the dollar, and a series
of hlackou~.s in Nassau during the height of Lhe
summer. The industry, he admitted, was also
FiCIVPI'SPIY affected by bad publicity surrounding the
- drug trafficking problem and the government's land
sales restrictions. Other factors ignored by Hanna but
- recognised by the ministry of tourism were visitor
dissatisfaction and the explosive increase in crime:
Meanwhile an additional 1,697 hotel rooms are
expected to come into use over the current year, ?30
of them under the aegis of the governmen~owned
Hotel Corporation. The corporation, which already
controls six resort properties and the country's three
= casinos, has been losing money on its hotel operations
since its formation in 1974. By 1979, the last date for
which financial staternents are available, the hotels
f~ad lost some US$20m, apart from the US$40m
investment made by the government for their
purcl~ase, refurbishin~ and operating cost~.
Last ye~ir the corporation borrowed an additional
LJS$150 to build the present hotel/convention facility.
- The loan catapultedthe nationaldebt fromUS$280.1m
in mid-1981 to US$420m at the end of the year.
Public debt servicing this year is expected to jump
from US~45.1m to US.$64.5m, making it by far the
l~irgesL budget appropriation.
Another US$55.6m has been earmarked for
c~ciuc;ition, I,he main area of government spending
over the last 14 years. No:~etheless the Bahamas
today is faced with a`critical shortage' of skilled man-
power on the one hand, and a`fairly large number of
untrained, unemployed or under-employed people'
on the other, Hanna admitted. The reason, according
to education Minister Darrell Rolle, has been the
_ ~overnment's lop-sided emphasis on acadcmic to the
c~xclusion c~f technical education.
- 'I'hc~ result is an unemployment rate which the
_ g~'r c'c~n~ in 1979, a hoom year I'or the Buhamas. '1'he
- 1'i~;in�c~s w~~rr hasc~d only on New Providence and
(~r,~ncl Bahama, t,he two rr,aj~r population centres,
aiui i~;nor~~d the situation in 18 other islands. With the
E~r~~sent, rece~ssion, u 2.1.4 per cent popula~ion growth
- raLcr and a lahour I'orce that is expandina by some
5,UOQ ?u~