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How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake
About 59 million years ago, the largest animal lurking in the ancient forests of Colombia by far was Titanoboa - the largest snake ever known. It’s only been in the past few years that we’ve put together the many pieces of this puzzling...
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The Sea Monster from the Andes
In 1977, a farmer was plowing his field on a plateau high in the Andes mountains when he stumbled upon a giant fossilized skeleton. How did this giant marine reptile end up high in the Andes Mountains?
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Families Of Colombia’s Disappeared Endure ‘Never-Ending Grief’ And A Wrenching Search
In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary...
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Congress postpones vote for second time on controversial law to legalise gay marriage
1. Wide of supporters of gay marriage rallying in front of Congress
2. Wide of woman wearing a sign reading: (Spanish) "I'm heterosexual and I support marriage equality"
3. Mid of gay marriage supporters dancing and waving flags in front...
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Army briefing on rescue operation, captured rebels
1. Captured rebel, Gerardo Antonio Aguila Ramirez, known as "Cesar" being brought in front of media in handcuffs by army soldiers
2. Close of Aguila Ramirez
3. Mid of captured rebel, Alexandro Farfan Suarez known as "Enrique Gafas"...
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Half a ton of cocaine found in second largest seizure
1. Pull out of box with books to packages of cocaine on the floor
2. Various of cocaine packages
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Luis Alberto Gomez, Director of Colombia's Anti-narcotics Police:
"This is the result of the combined efforts of...
Curated Video
COLOMBIA: PROTEST FOR PEACE
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of vehicles made their way to Bogota on Wednesday from Villavicencio in south eastern Colombia, to demand peace and an end to the disruption of their daily lives.
Their destination was Plaza Bolivar in central...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: HUNDREDS CLAIM TO SEE VISION ON WAREHOUSE WALL
Spanish/Nat
Hundreds of Colombians have gathered in front of warehouse wall to see what they claim is Christ's face.
The apparent vision occurred after a thunderstorm in the San Cayetano neighbourhood of Bogota.
Believers claim they...
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COLOMBIA: TOP MILITARY GENERAL HERNANDO CAMILO ZUNIGA RESIGNS
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's top military man has formally stepped down at an official ceremony in the capital Bogota.
General Hernando Camilo Zuniga resigned following criticism of the authorities' handling of a recent operation which...
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COLOMBIA: LAST PATRIOTIC UNION SENATOR FLEES COUNTRY AFTER THREATS
Bogota, Colombia - 22 October 1997 & file
22 March 1990
1. Wide shot of funeral of UP leader, Bernardo Jaramillo
2. Various of funeral
3. Mid shot of dead unionist inside his car (file)
22 October 1997
4. Set up shot of Jaime...
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Officials release seized video of rebel-held hostages
1. Wide of press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Carlos Restrepo, High Commissioner for Peace:
"Everything seems to indicate that the proofs of survival (of Ingrid Betancourt) correspond to the last days of October this year. We...
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Protest run against landmines being used in Colombia
1. Wide of participants warming up ahead of race through Bogota to protest against the manufacture and use of landmines in Colombia
2. Mid of group of people who have lost limbs due to landmine explosions
3. Various of group of man with...
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Chavez allies, foes mark coup anniversary
1. Pan across Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez supporters in Llaguno Bridge during special session of National Assembly remembering 11 April 2002
2. Close of man carrying a banner reading in Spanish: "We can not allow the opposition to...
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COLOMBIA: RIO GROUP SUMMIT
Spanish/Nat
The presidents and heads of state of 16 Latin American countries are attending a two day summit in Colombia on Thursday.
The members of the so-called Rio Group will discuss the implementation of a new international financial...
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Rebel group denies involvement in disappearance of Spanish couple
1. Wide of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) delegation arriving for peace talks with the Colombian government
2. Media at FARC news conference
3. Wide of FARC delegation during news conference, Andres Paris, FARC negotiator,...
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Ecuador's border with Colombia, trade and problems.
1. Various of "Rumichaca" bridge in the province of Carchi near the northern border with Colombia
2. Various cargo lorries entering Ecuador from Colombia
3. Customs station in Ecuador
4. Ecuadoran customs agents at work
5. Hidden camera...
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COLOMBIA :PROTEST AGAINST ANTI-DRUG POLICY
Colombia, 15-12-1994
1. Various of tent camp outside airport
2. Various of inside tent camp
3. Various of military at airport
4. Military planes at rest
5. Various of inside airport
6. Various of demonstration
7. SOUNDBITE Serpa
8....
TED-Ed
The life cycle of a cup of coffee | A.J. Jacobs
How many people does it take to make a cup of coffee? For many of us, all it takes is a short walk and a quick pour. But this simple staple is the result of a globe-spanning process whose cost and complexity are far greater than you...
TED Talks
LADAMA: How music crosses cultures and empowers communities
Singing in Spanish, Portuguese and English, LADAMA brings a vibrant, energizing and utterly danceable musical set to the TED stage. In between performances of their songs "Night Traveler" and "Porro Maracatu," they discuss how...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Do you speak monkey? The language of cotton-top tamarins - Anne Savage
The cotton-top tamarin is a very vocal monkey -- the species communicates using a sophisticated language of 38 distinct and grammatically structured calls! Anne Savage teaches a few of these chirps and whistles, taking us through a day...
TED Talks
TED: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them | Carlos Bautista
Fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia has left the countryside riddled with land mines that maim and kill innocent people who happen across them. To help keep communities safe from harm, TED Resident Carlos Bautista is developing an...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Diez-Buzo
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" brought Latin American literature to the forefront of the global imagination and earned Garcia Marquez the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. What makes the novel so...
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TED: How Christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns | Jose Miguel Sokoloff
In my lifetime, I have never lived one day of peace in my country, says Jose Miguel Sokoloff. This ad executive from Colombia saw a chance to help guerrilla fighters choose to come home -- with smart marketing. He shares how some...
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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...