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HONDURAS: TROPICAL STORM MITCH UPDATE (2)
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Tropical Storm Mitch rumbled into the heart of Honduras on Saturday, spreading death and destruction throughout the impoverished country.
Latest figures Saturday put the death toll at 306 - mainly in Honduras and...
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NICARAGUA: GROUP OF 387 REBELS SURRENDER WEAPONS TO AUTHORITIES
Spanish/Nat
A group of 387 Nicaraguan rebels surrendered weapons to the authorities on Monday during a ceremony headed by President Arnoldo Aleman.
The group consisted of former Contra rebels who rearmed in recent years in protest at ...
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South America moved away from talk of war as the presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador agreed to end a bitter dispute triggered by a Colombian cross-border raid with testy handshakes and an apology.
HEADLINE: Latin Presidents Move to End Crisis
CAPTION: South America has moved away from the talk of war as presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador agreed to end a bitter dispute triggered by a Colombian cross-border raid. ...
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Frogs star of the show in New York
June 4, 2009 New York City
1. Tight shot of Amazon Milk frog native to French Guiana, Brazil and Ecuador
2. Tight shot of green and black poison frog native to Nicaragua and Columbia
3. Mid shot of Frogs display
4. Tight shot of vials...
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NICARAGUA: NATIONAL STRIKE OVER GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICY 4TH DAY
Nicaragua entered its fourth day of protests against the government and the economic effects were already being felt throughout the country.
Businesses have been virtually paralysed and there are food and petrol shortages in the ...
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NICARAGUA: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT
Eng/Spanish/Nat
President Bill Clinton began his first day of a four-day visit to Central America by paying tribute to the victims of Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the area last October.
Across Central America, more than 9,000 people...
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NICARAGUA: CHEESE INDUSTRY FACING CRISIS
Spanish/Nat
One of Nicaragua's prime industries is facing a crisis as it tries to rebuild after the war which devastated the country in the 1980s.
It used to be said that Nicaragua's rivers flowed with milk and its stones were made of ...
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NICARAGUA: OPERATION SMILE TO HELP CHILDREN WITH FACIAL DEFORMITIES
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A US humanitarian organisation is to provide free reconstructive surgery to Nicaraguan children with facial deformities.
120 children will benefit from 'Operation Smile' during which the teams will also train local...
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Nicaragua turns to alternative energy to stop dependancy on oil imports
Windmills designed to generate power for future generations.
Nicaragua needs to turn to alternative energy.
The country has successfully put an end to rolling blackouts that frequently left the country without power for hours, but the...
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NICARAGUA: HEALTH AUTHORITIES FIGHT MYSTERY EPIDEMIC
Nicaraguan authorities continue to fight the mystery disease which has hit the country in recent weeks.
Teams of international specialists have arrived and identified the illness which has claimed at least 16 lives.
In a remote region of...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH CAUSES DEVASTATION
Spanish/Nat
Hurricane Mitch has worn itself out by pounding the coast of Honduras - and it's now just a tropical storm.
But on shore, the floodwaters are continuing to rise, after the storm dumped 25 inches of rain on the Central...
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WRAP Tourists flee, residents prepare as Felix bears down on Honduras and Belize
Roatan, Honduras
1. Close on note (Spanish) warning of hurricane
2. Various of people boarding up windows
3. Various of people queuing to be evacuated
4. Police checking people through gate
5. People boarding plane
6. Tracking shot of...
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15th anniversary at the end of El Salvador's civil war
San Salvador - 16 January 2007
1. Mid of Mexican president Felipe Calderon and Salvadoran president Tony Saca entering auditorium
2. Wide of Calderon and Saca at press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Tony Saca, Salvadoran President:
"I...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT VIOLETA CHAMORRO CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
1.Various of Nicaraguan congress.
2.SOUNDBITE: Carlos Fernando Chamorro
3.Managuans at a local market.
4.SOUNDBITE: Carlos Fernando Chamorro
5.Nicaraguan family traveling on a horse drawn cart.
6.SOUNDBITE: Carlos Fernando...
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NICARAGUA: UN TEAM ARRIVE TO DESTROY LANDMINES
El Guasaule, Border with Honduras, June 8 1. Zoom out from sign reading "Puente Guasaule" to people waiting to cross2. Wide of truck driving over bridge, pan to bed of river with mine experts working3. Various of mine experts team...
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Brave teenage leukemia patient celebrates important birthday
AP Television
Managua, Nicaragua - August 27, 2011
1. Mid of Maria Jose Martinez, in her bed at the hospital "La Mascota" where she gets chemotherapy
2. Close of fluid bag
3. Close of Maria Jose and her sister listening to a Christian...
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Nicaraguan children are part of the work force at mine.
1. Various children walking to mine
2. Tilt down mountain to working children
3. Various going down into shaft
4. Bringing out bucket full of stones
5. Unloading bucket
6. Coming out of mine shaft
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Manuel...
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Central American leaders meet to discuss integration
1. Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco arriving at meetings
2. President of El Salvador, Francisco Flores, arriving
3. President of Nicaragua, Enrique BolaInos, arriving
4. President of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, arriving
5. Mid shot...
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Operation Walk in Nicaragua
1. Maria Tellez stepping out of her door in alley in shantytown where she lives
2. Close up Tellez walking with a bad limp
3. Various of Tellez cooking for her family
4. Tellez serving lunch to her family
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria...
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GRAPHIC VIDEO Authorities find bodies of hurricane victims; aid
1. Close of Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter taking off
2. United States helicopter arriving at Puerto Cabezas airport
3. Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter arriving after taking part in a rescue
4. Rescued old woman being lifted from...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: RIOT POLICE GUARD VOTE-COUNTING CENTRE
Spanish/Nat
Riot police guarded the vote-counting centre in the Nicaraguan capital Friday after the leftist Sandinista party demanded the results of last month's presidential vote and other elections in Managua be nullified.
The demand...
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Chavez told to "shut up" as summit ends, Chavez, Morales at alt summit
1. Wide of Ibero-American summit plenary session
2. Close-up Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking (no sound, his microphone is off)
3. Wide of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at table, King of Spain Juan Carlos...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO SCAVENGE TO SURVIVE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's harsh economic reality has forced hundreds of families to scavenge for a living.
Their situation is so desperate that many people are now competing against stray dogs and birds of prey to find food for their...
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STORY: Nicaraguan society still bears many signs of
behaviours associated with traditional concepts of
"machismo": domestic violence, broken homes and abandoned
mothers and children....