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Curated Video

Colombia’s Ingrid Betancourt announces presidential bid

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Betancourt was kidnapped by FARC rebels in 2002 while campaigning for president, and held captive for six years.
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Argentinan president arrives to meet with counterpart Chavez

Higher Ed
1. Various of plane carrying Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez taxiing on runway

2. Fernandez disembarking from plane and being greeted by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas M
aduro
3. Various of Fernandez and...
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Curated Video

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who was recently rescued from Columbia's rebel group, FARC, called her meeting with Pope Benedict 'a dream come true.' She says her religious faith helped her survive the six-year ordeal.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Former hostage: Meeting pope 'a dream come true'

CAPTION: Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who was recently rescued from Columbia's rebel group, FARC, called her meeting with Pope Benedict 'a dream come true.' She...
News Clip2:52
Curated Video

Hostage families meet with High Commissioner for Peace

Higher Ed
AP Television

Bogota - 26 September
2007
1. Relatives of hostages coming through the gates of the National Palace - (in order) George Gonsalves, Lynne Stansell & Gen
e Stansell
2. Various of...
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Preparations for expected release of hostages

Higher Ed
1. Colombian troops on tarmac, helicopter in background

2. Armed troops on tarmac, planes in backg
round
3. Troops filing int
o building
4. Red Cross plane on
tarmac, troops
5. Wide of m
edia tent at...
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Curated Video

French PM at polo match, ahead of Kirchner swearing in

Higher Ed
1. Wide of exterior of Buenos Aires Polo Stadium

2. Banner in stands calling for the release of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betanc
ourt
3. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon taking seat
in...
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Curated Video

Colombian officials on Friday showed recently seized videotapes of rebel-held hostages, among them three US military contractors and a former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, the first images in years providing evidence the captives may be alive

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Raw video: American hostages in Colombia

CAPTION: Colombian officials on Friday showed recently seized videotapes of rebel-held hostages, among them three US military contractors and a former Colombian presidential...
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Curated Video

New army commander takes oath, watched by Uribe

Higher Ed
1. Wide of Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe and other officials during inauguration of new Army Commander Oscar Gonzalez

2. Mid of military
band
3. Wide of military planes flying over during...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Colombian presidential candidates hold debate

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Centrist presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and centre-right presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez hold a debate in the Colombian capital Bogota (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Relatives of three American hostages who have been rescued from captivity are in Texas now. They've been reunited with their loved ones.

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Former hostages return to Texas

CAPTION: Relatives of three American hostages who have been rescued from captivity are in Texas now. They've been reunited with their loved ones. (Ju
ly 3)
...
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Children of kidnapped politician hold presser in Paris; poster hung in Rome

Higher Ed
Paris, France

1. Melanie Betancourt, daughter of kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt, entering news conference with her brother Lorenzo and their father, Fabrice Delloye (Ingrid...
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Curated Video

Government cancels Chavez role in hostage mediation

Higher Ed
Bogota, Colombia - 21 Nov 2007

1. Wide of Cesar Mauricio Velasquez , presidential spokesman of Colombian president Alvaro
Uribe
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cesar Mauricio Velasquez, spokesman for Colombian...
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Curated Video

AP cover of Ven Int Min comments on hostages; hostages' relatives reax

Higher Ed
Caracas, 25 February 2005

1. Venezuelan Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin and Foreign Minister Ricardo Maduro entering
room
2. Both at
the table
3 . SOUNDBITE: ( Spanish)...
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Venezuelan President on US, Betancourt, Iran, Spanish King

Higher Ed
1. President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez arrives

2. Chavez talking to journa
lists
3. Chav
ez sitting
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, Presiden
t of Venezuela:
"I sent a message from (the...
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Kirchner, Clara de Rojas' mother, Colombian govt spokesman

Higher Ed
Villavicencio, Colombia - 29 December 2007

1. Various of Red Cross helicopters on standby on the t
armac
2. International observers getting into h
elicopters
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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Curated Video

Police arrest five FARC members allegedly planning attacks in Bogota

Higher Ed
1. Alleged members of FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) that were arrested being escorted into room by soldiers, shouting UPSOUND: (Spanish) "For the new Colombia, the great motherland and socialism,...
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Preparations for expected release of hostages

Higher Ed
1. Various of Venezuelan plane taxiing on runway

2. Various wides of Venezuelan officials including Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro, getting off p
lane
3. Wide of officials standing
on...
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Curated Video

Interview with husband and son of Colombian hostage

Higher Ed
1. Wide of protest outside Colombian Ambassador's residence in Paris

2. Protesters holding banners saying calling for the release of Ingrid, Clara and all the hostages held in Col
ombia
3. Ingrid...
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Curated Video

Pres Correa meets family of FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt

Higher Ed
1. Various of arrival of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa at Latin American House

2. Pan of meeting between Correa and the family of FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt (Ingrid's son Lorenzo, Ingrid's...
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Curated Video

Chavez and Colombian senator on latest hostage talks

Higher Ed
1. Wide shot of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba and FARC representative Luciano Marin Arango or "Ivan Marquez" walking down steps to speak to media

2. SOUNDBITE:...
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Curated Video

Concert of narco-ballads, the soundtrack to Colombia's underworld

Higher Ed
1. Medium view of musicians

2. Tilt up from accordion to musician pointing to crowd, pretending to aim a
gun
3. Wide o
f concert
4. Pan from audie
nce to concert
5. Zoom in to
musicians...
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Colombian Pres Uribe comment on pending hostages release

Higher Ed
21 December 2007

1. Long shot of Colombia President Alvaro Uribe meeting soldiers and other offi
cials
20 Dec
ember 2007
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, Preside
nt of Colombia:
"The Colombian...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Colombia's Ingrid Betancourt announces she will run for president

9th - Higher Ed
Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage from 2002 until 2008 by FARC guerrillas, announces during a press conference in Bogota that she will run for president (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Curated Video

French plane on standby as FARC releases statement on hostages

Higher Ed
No location/ date

1. Close of Bolivarian News Agency website, (which belongs to the Venezuelan government) with communique from the ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...