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Guatemalans suffer the effects of the drought
1. Three shots of Guatemalan farmer Jesus Ramirez visiting his corn plantation
2. UPSOUND (Spanish) Jesus Ramirez, farmer (Campesino)
"Right now we are suffering now that the milpas are lost, in other years I have got corn for the whole...
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+4:3 Nine turn themselves in after being indicted in killings during civil war
San Salvador - 8 Aug 2011
1. Various of exteriors of army headquarters where the Salvadorean officers handed themselves in
2. Mid interior of defence lawyer Eduardo Cardoza
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Eduardo Cardoza, Defence lawyer for the...
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EL SALVADOR: INCREASE IN CRIME BLAMED ON LACK OF CRIME PREVENTION
Spanish/Nat
A recent wave of massacres is making Salvadorans wonder if the civil war is actually over.
Analysts blame the increase in crime on the lack of crime-preventive measures and an inefficient police force.
But the government...
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SYND 16 9 80 GUNMEN SET OFF A FIREBOMB IN A SHOE WAREHOUSE IN EL SALVADOR
Gunmen set off a firebomb in a shoe warehouse, destroying the building, injuring three people and allowing outsiders to loot hundreds of pairs of shoes.
1. gv warehouse burning, tilt up to thick smoke rising over the building
2. ms fire...
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VOICED Hostage crisis eases
July 14 2002
00.00 Crowd brandishing machetes and singing slogans as released leaders arrive in town
00.04 Zoom into Ignacio del Valle, released protest leader, being hugged by other farmer on stage
July 12 2002
00.15 Burnt out car pan...
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UNUSED 10/12/80 MAN BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT MURDER OF NUNS IN EL SALVADOR
Man being interviewed about murder of nuns in El Salvador.
1. cu man interviewed SOUNDBITE (Spanish)
2. ms man interviewed SOUNDBITE (Spanish)
Film: Rev - Sound: Mag SOF - Colour - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN25450 - Available in HD
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Central American leaders summit closes, includes Taiwanese President
1. Alfonso Portillo, Guatemalan President descending plane, greeted by Salvadorean officials
2. Portillo walking towards podium
3. Cutaway plane taxiing
4. Nicaraguan President, Arnoldo Aleman, descending plane, greeted by Salvadorean...
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Arrivals and preparations for meeting of Central American leaders
1. Arrival of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, at his Presidential residence
2. Cutaway of media
3. Arrival of Guatemalan president, Alvaro Colom
4. Arrival of Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega
5. Medium to close-up of...
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Taiwanese president meets Centam leaders
1. Guatemalan President Oscar Berger (on right) walking up the stairs
2. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (on left) and Salvadorean President Antonio Saca
3. Zelaya walking with Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian
4. Various of meeting
5....
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SYND 9/12/80 EXHUMATION AND MASS FOR MURDERED NUNS IN CHALATENANGO
Discovery of bodies of four American women missionaries in a grave in Chalatenango. Religious service for the women is attended by United States Ambassador Robert White and El Salvador's Foreign Minister Jose Napoleon Duarte speaking to...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: DAWN
Spanish/Nat
The death toll continues to rise in El Salvador as rescue workers pull more bodies from the rubble.
Authorities now estimate that more that 600 people lost their lives in Saturday's quake.
That toll is expected to go even...
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Central and South American militaries hold joint excercises to fight drug cartels
1. Various of military contingents from different countries (all from the American continent) ahead of the joint exercises
2. Wide of authorities during speeches
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown, Commander, US Special...
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EL SALVADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS DISCUSS EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR
San Salvador, El Salvador. 5 December 1996 and file1. Various of conference2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Morena Herrera3. Various file of Maria Gloria and Jose Prospero Steinhoff during reunion with original family (13 August 1996)4....
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WRAP Adds waves lashing coast as Hurricane Adrian hits
Puerto La Libertad - May 20, 2005
1. Various of La Libertad harbour
2. Various of palm trees and lamp posts being shaken by the wind
Puerto La Libertad - May 19, 2005
3. Wide of river
4. House, pan to river
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ACS SUMMIT
Spanish/Nat
Leaders from 21 Caribbean Basin nations, including Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela, have agreed to pursue a regional tariff system to prepare for the future Free Trade Area of the Americas (F-T-A-A).
Cuban leader Fidel...
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Farmers in El Salvador lose 75-100% of crops to drought
1. Various of farmer gathering dried crops
2. Various of farmers planting corn seeds
3. Medium shot of farmer walking through fields of lost crops
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Isabel Martinez, local farmer:
"The land is pretty dried. We...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE: AID ARRIVING
Spanish/Nat
Aid from around the world is continuing to arrive in El Salvador, following last Saturday's devastating earthquake.
With San Salvador's airport now open and operating, international flights are arriving by the day.
On Tuesday...
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SYND 30 8 80 ARSON AND SECURITY FORCE SEARCHES
Security forces killed several leftist guerrillas in San Salvador, and leftwing militants blew up the city's main fuel depot for its electricity supply
1. gv blazing oil tanks
2. ms firemen and police officer on radio, fire and thick...
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EL SALVADOR: 600 FORMER SOLDIERS RIOT FOR SECOND DAY
Spanish/Nat
For a second consecutive day, disgruntled former soldiers in El Salvador have taken to the streets, demanding the government make good on its promise of money and land.
Veterans protested violently, threatening to derail...
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CUTS 20 12 80 AFTERMATH OF BOMB EXPLOSION
Aftermath of bomb explosion at the Bank of America in San Salvador; debris and wreckage interior and exterior.
1. cu man lying on tiled bench, large wound in top of his head
2. cu man presents bullet in hand, pan to man lying on bench
3....
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USA: OJ SIMPSON TRIAL
English/Nat
Defence lawyers in the O.J. Simpson case are continuing their efforts to try to prove that the police mishandled the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman from the start.
Veteran advocate F Lee Bailey has...
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Two killed by landslides after volcano eruption
1. Wide pull out of volcano
2. Emergency workers walking across mud from landslide, pan across landslide
3. Wide shot of steam rising from side of volcano
4. Various of emergency workers inspecting aftermath of landslide
5. Tilt of plant...
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Ballot boxes prepared for presidential elections, voxpops
Election officials in El Salvador's capital San Salvador were preparing and distributing materials to polling stations on Saturday, one day before presidential elections.
Salvadorans will elect a new president for a five-year term on...
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Mystery disease killing thousands in Central America
Chichigalpa, Nicaragua - 20 January 2012
1. Various of funeral of Jesus Ignacio Flores, former sugar cane field worker
Bajo Lempa, El Salvador - 2 February 72012
2. Agricultural workers working in field
3. Man spraying insecticide in...