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EL SALVADOR: NEJAPA: ANNUAL FIRE BALL WAR FESTIVAL
Spanish/Nat
The village of Nejapa in El Salvador has once again braced itself for the annual 'fire-ball war' festival.
The dangerous and spectacular 300-year old religious ceremony is carried out in honour of Saint Jerome, but there...
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WRAP Legislative and municipal elections underway ADDS candidates
Over four (m) million Salvadoreans were expected to vote on Sunday to choose 84 lawmakers and 262 mayors in the midst of a fierce electoral campaign between the country's two main parties, the governing Arena party and the Farabundo...
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EL SALVADOR: LANDMINES DEPRIVE CHILDREN OF NORMAL LIFE
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A young boy in El Salvador is struggling to lead as normal a life as possible despite losing his arms and legs in a land mine explosion.
Seven-year-old Carlos Morana - known as Carlitos - lost his arms and legs two years ago...
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EL SALVADOR: SAN SALVADOR FACING HUGE PROBLEM OVER RUBBISH
Spanish/Nat
San Salvador city is facing the mammoth problem of what to do with tonnes of rubbish collected every week.
The city's main dump in Nejapa is completely full.
And because of difficulties in obtaining new land, work on a new...
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At least 91 reported dead following 3 days of rain ADDS presser
Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fuelled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing.
"We have a total of 91...
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EL SALVADOR: ARMED FORCES END PROTEST
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In El Salvador, two days of violent protests by former members of the armed forces ended peacefully last night (Wednesday) after the government agreed to satisfy their demands for land, war compensations and other...
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Cuban-American doctors arrive to combat dengue epidemic
1. Cuban-American medical team visiting Benjamin Bloom Children's Hospital
2. Doctors at intensive care unit observing dengue fever infected children
3. Various of children with dengue fever
4. Doctors observing children and facility...
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Bilateral trade meetings, police on streets
1. Wide Quebec skyline in the morning
2. Canadian police officers reporting for work
3. Wide police opening gate at barricade
4. Close shot police and security forces at fence
5. Residue from tear gas canisters
6. Firemen hosing...
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EL SALVADOR: PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICY
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Discord in El Salvador Tuesday as two separate groups protest against government policies.
Former member of the Armed Forces occupied land next to a popular resort demanding compensation promised by the government in return...
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UNUSED 9 2 81 THE AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBING OF THE EDUCATION MINISTRY
People clear the debris in the aftermath of the terrorist bombing of the Ministry of Education in San Salvador.
1. ms and pull back to show damaged front of Ministry of Education building
2. vs people clearing rubble, timber and debris...
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Leaders of SICA-Caricom nations arrive for talks
1. Wide of CARICOM (Caribbean Community) -SICA (System to Integrate Central America) summit
2. Mid of El Salvador''s President Maurico Funes talking
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis:
"Where...
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EL SALVADOR: NEW PRESIDENT FRANCISCO FLORES SWORN IN
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A former professor of philosophy has taken over as El Salvador's new president, pledging to push for economic development and fight crime - the tiny nation's two biggest problems.
Francisco Flores, of the rightist Nationalist...
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A look at the problems of electronic monitoring devices used on 5,000 immigrants
Immigrants living in the US illegally who are required to wear electronic tracking bracelets say they feel ashamed, isolated and trapped.
There were about 5,000 immigrants in the US who were forced to wear ankle bracelets from January to...
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Two biggest gangs agree truce in return for rehabilitation and jobs
1. Members of the 18th Street gang looking out through barred window in San Pedro Sula prison
2. 18th Street gang member with bandana over lower half of his face
3. Wide of 18th Street gang's pavilion inside prison
4. Wide of mural of...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
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Stunned Salvadoreans spent yet another night on the streets on Tuesday after a second earthquake hit provinces in the east of the country.
The death toll of this latest quake has so far reached 255. with at least...
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EL SALVADOR: WORLD AIDS DAY MARKED WITH CULTURAL & RELIGIOUS EVENTS
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Salvadorans marked World Aids Day Saturday with cultural and religious events.
They demanded from the authorities more preventive measures to fight the illness.
Hundreds of people have died in El Salvador from Aids-related...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE: US DOCTORS
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has appealed to donors for U-S 2.4 million dollars in emergency aid for farmers in earthquake-stricken El Salvador.
The funds would provide 20-thousand poor farmers in the...
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Central American Integration System members meet
1. Wide of SICA (Central America Integration System) summit
2. Wide of president of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the inaugural session, his Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez to his right and SICA Secretary General Juan Daniel Aleman...
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EL SALVADOR: REACTION TO DEPORTATION OF SALVADORANS FROM US
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Outraged Salvadorans claim the number of deportees from the US this year has doubled since 1995, due to tougher immigration laws.
The new laws, which came into effect on April 1, punish illegal immigration more severely and...
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EL SALVADOR: MEMORIAL FOREST TO BE PLANTED ON GUAZAPA HILLSIDE
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A hillside stronghold of El Salvador's leftist F-M-L-N guerillas has been turned into a memorial to the victims of the country's 12-year-bloody civil war.
A group of environmentalists will plant 75-thousand trees in...
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EL SALVADOR: CATHOLIC CHURCH FORGIVES KILLERS OF OSCAR ROMERO
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El Salvador's Catholic church has said it has forgiven the killers of outspoken Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated exactly 16 years ago.
Romero, a harsh critic of the Salvadorean military and extreme right, was shot...
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Goat herder takes fresh milk to the streets
A goat herder in El Salvador has set up a pitch in the country's capital selling milk straight from the goat.
In the busy streets of San Salvador, Guillermo Ramirez and his family milk their goats by the side of the road and pass the...
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Meeting ahead of signing Central American Trade Agreement
1. Various shots of protesters in front of Capitol building, chanting "Good jobs - yes, CAFTA no."
2. Protesters with signs reading (in English) "CAFTA no!" signs
3. Press conference held by protesters, with Capitol building in...
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King Juan Carlos on official visit to Peru
1. Villa El Salvador
2. Hillside in poorer residential area
3. Security around Villa El Salvador
4. Arrival of the Royal Spanish Family and Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian President
5. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain
6. SOUNDBITE...