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NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA WILL NOT RECOGNISE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENT
Managua, Nicaragua, 22 & 23 November 19961. Various of Ortega out jogging2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Ortega - head of Sandinista Front3. Shots of Supreme Electoral Council meeting (22 November 1996)4. Arnoldo Aleman being...
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Mexicanos exhiben sus disenos elaborados hechos con el rabano
Elaborados disenos como este formaron parte de las pequenas esculturas hechas de rabanos en el colorido festival conocido como "Noche de Rabanos."
El lunes por la noche residentes locales y turistas salieron al centro de Oaxaca, Mexico...
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MEXICO: McCaffrey TO COORDINATE ANTI-DRUGS TRAFFICKING
English/Nat
U-S drug czar Barry McCaffrey arrived in Mexico on Tuesday to see Mexico's efforts in fighting drug trafficking.
McCaffrey says that the focus of his visit is to co-ordinate cooperation between the two countries.
During his...
Curated Video
Aftermath from quake zone, reax, hospital, islands
El Progreso
1. Wide of street with cracked road and people walking by
2. Close of cracked pavement
3. Wide of house and street with cracks
4. Pan of ground
5. Huge crack in bridge
6. Various of damaged remains of "Democracy Bridge"
7....
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Obrador arrives with pig, sheep and chickens, he claims used as bribes for votes
Mexico's leftist presidential candidate has shown off sheep and some chickens to the media to a news conference, presenting them as evidence that bribes were given to voters by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in exchange for...
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Mexico imposes ban on US chicken imports
1. Wide shot of press conference
2. Close up of presentation slide
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. Wide shot of speakers
5. SOUNDBTIE (Spanish) Dr. Javier Trujillo, National Health and Agricultural Services Director:
"This illness that has...
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Mexico officially introduces new plastic 20 peso bills
30th September 2002
1. Wide exterior of bank
2. Medium exterior of bank
3. Medium exterior of bank
Recent
4. Close up poster of new plastic bill
5. Close up new bill
6. Wide presser
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Guillermo Ortiz, Central Bank...
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Storm upgraded to hurricane, heads for Baja peninsula
1. Wide of Los Cabos harbour
2. Medium of hotels
3. Medium of boat coming in to harbour
4. Medium of tourists walking
5. Wide of the Los Cabos International Airport
6. Wide of passengers arriving
7. Wide of security check in at...
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MEXICO: ELECTIONS IN STATE OF GUERRERO PASS OFF PEACEFULLY
Spanish/Nat
Local elections in Mexico's southwestern state of Guerrero passed off peacefully Sunday, as the dominant guerilla group in the area, the Popular Revolutionary Army - EPR - retreated temporarily, easing worries about possible...
Curated Video
Migrant family hide in fear of their lives after being deported from the US
A Honduran migrant family deported from the United States are living in fear of their lives.
Elsa Ramirez, along with her 8-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, were part of a group of 58 women and children who returned last week on a...
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MEXICO: FINANCE MINISTER ORTIZ ANNOUNCES ECONOMY IS RECOVERING
Spanish/Nat
There is good news for Mexicans... their economy is recovering.
Mexican Finance Minister Guillermo Ortiz has announced the country's economy is expected to grow by four percent this year and inflation could be reduced by 15...
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WRAP Hurricane Norbert hits Baja California, Tropical Storm Odile approaches
Ciudad Constitucion, Baja California
1. Pan of panel flying from roof at petrol station
2. Mid of palm trees shaking in the wind and rain
3. Mid of flooded road
4. Police vehicle driving by
5. Palm trees shaking
6. Various top shots of...
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BRUNEI: APEC LEADERS BEGIN SUMMIT
English/Nat
Pacific Rim leaders opened their annual summit on Wednesday in Brunei, the tiny, oil-rich sultanate on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, with poor nations vowing to stand firm against rich countries who are pushing for a...
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MEXICO: MEXICO CITY: ECONOMY DEMONSTRATION
Spanish/Nat
Some of Mexico City's wealthiest women have clashed with police in a angry demonstration against the mismanagement of Mexico's economy by the former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
The Society of Ladies of Las Lomas,...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: RESCUE
Spanish/Nat
Rescuers in El Salvador are frantically searching for a construction worker trapped for nine days under an earthquake-triggered mudslide, after a rescue dog smelled life under the mountain of dirt.
Luis Alberto Alas, 39, was...
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Mexico - Zapatista Talks Preceded By Troop Pullout
Mexican troops pulled back from a village in the southern state of
Chiapas on Wednesday (19/4) in preparation for renewed talks
between the government and Zapatista rebels. And soldiers camped
outside the village of San Andres Larrainzar...
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Celebrations to mark 15 years of peace
San Salvador - 16 January 2007
1. Mexican president Felipe Calderon and Salvadorean president Tony Saca entering auditorium
2. Wide shot of Calderon and Saca at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Tony Saca, Salvadorean President:
"I...
TED Talks
David J. Bier: How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system
The United States can create a more humane immigration system; in fact, it's been done before, says policy analyst David J. Bier. Pointing to the historical success of the US guest worker program, which allows foreign workers to legally...
SciShow
The Real Mayan Apocalypse
There are just six weeks left until the celestial odometer that is the Mayan calendar clicks over to the next b'akt'un, but in the meantime, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery behind the collapse of the Mayan civilization....
TED Talks
Dolores Huerta: How to overcome apathy and find your power
"Sí, se puede!" -- "Yes, we can!" It's the rallying cry Dolores Huerta came up with as a young activist in the 1970s, and she's lived by it in her tireless pursuit of civil rights ever since. With her signature wit and humor, Huerta...
TED Talks
TED: A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases | Nina Fedoroff
Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus -- and other deadly...
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Birds
There are a number of bird species that construct pretty cool things - today on SciShow, we'll visit with three of them...
TED Talks
Jon Lowenstein: Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail
For the past 20 years, photographer and TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world history. Sharing photos from his...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The dark history of bananas | John Soluri
In December 1910, the exiled former leader Manuel Bonilla boarded a borrowed yacht and set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer: the notorious organization known...