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NICARAGUA: MASS CREMATIONS FOLLOWING HURRICANE MITCH
Spanish/Nat
The death toll in Nicaragua is now in the thousands, but the suffering is far from over as disease and hunger pose a new threat to survivors.
In a bid to prevent cholera and other infectious diseases from spreading, relief...
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Politicians vote for removal of former president as head of National Assembly
1. Various shots of demonstrators with placards calling for the removal of Congress leader Arnoldo Aleman
2. Demonstrators shouting and chanting
3. Demonstrators marching in the rain
4. Daniel Ortega head of FMLN at head of march...
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HONDURAS: FLOOD DAMAGE
Spanish/Nat
Torrential rain and floods has knocked down two bridges along the Pan-American Highway, blocking overland traffic throughout Central America.
A metal bridge spanning the Grande River near the southern town of Choluteca in...
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President Enrique Bolanos comments after meeting US president
1. Mid shot of Nicaraguan President coming out of the White House
2. Cutaway shot of delegation
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Enrique Bolanos, President of Nicaragua: (++MONO AUDIO++)
"I think it is very harmful for a country to suffer what we...
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NICARAGUA: TENSIONS RISING OVER ISSUE OF LAND OWNERSHIP
Spanish/Nat
Tensions are rising in Nicaragua over the issue of land ownership.
At least two people have died and several others have been injured in conflicts involving the authorities and small property owners.
President Arnoldo Aleman...
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NICARAGUA: POLICE CLASH WITH STUDENTS & PRO-SANDINISTA PEASANTS
Natural Sound
Police in Nicaragua have clashed with students and pro-Sandinista peasants and workers in yet another day of violent protests against the government.
Several people were injured and dozens of others were arrested.
The...
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NICARAGUA: PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH FORMER CONTRAS SOLDIERS
Managua, 30 May 1997 and Rio Coco, border with Honduras, Nicaragua, File June 96Rio Coco, June 961. Peasant taking a boat along the river at the border between Nicaragua and Honduras, where Group 380 used to operate2. Various shots of...
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SYND 7 7 79 REFUGEE CAMP MANAGUA RED CROSS INTERVIEW
Sandinista guerrillas at a road block near Jinotepe. Scenes from a refugee camp in Managua and an interview with a Red Cross official who talks about the food shortage in the country.
1. vs guerrillas in jungles and marching towards a...
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NICARAGUA: TENSIONS ESCALATING OVER ISSUES OF PROPERTIES
Spanish/Nat
Tensions are escalating in Nicaragua with regard to the issue of properties.
The recent forced takeover of a laboratory sparked a confrontation between President Arnoldo Aleman and his main opponent, Sandinista leader Daniel...
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WRAP Honduran coast lashed, Belize preps, eye of storm GFX
Puerto Cortes, Honduras
1. Palm trees blowing in wind, rain
2. Wide of sea front
3. Palm trees blowing in wind
4. Seafront and rain
5. Various of children and women in village
6. Woman nailing corrugated iron to building
7. Close-up of...
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Ant plague kills trees in 3 to 4 days
1. Various pine forest
2. Man carrying chainsaw
3. Various cutting pines
4. Various falling trees
5. Buffer zone to contain ants
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Hernandez, INAFOR (National Forestry Institute) "The female gorgojo (beetle)...
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Ortega visits Russian counterpart Medvedev; US state dept reax
Agency Pool
Moscow, Russia
1. Wide exterior of Kremlin
2. Wide of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shaking hands with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
3. Medvedev and Ortega entering meeting room for talks
4. Cutaway of media
5....
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NICARAGUA: SALSA SINGER WILLY CHIRINO VISITS CHILDREN AT BELEZ HOSPITAL
Spanish/Nat
Salsa singer Willy Chirino and baseball player Dennis Martinez were in Nicaragua this week, visiting sick and poor children and giving them presents.
The two idols were the star attractions as three South Florida-based...
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Ousted Honduran leader Zelaya presser; heads to Honduran border
1. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arriving at news conference
2. Wide of media
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, Ousted Honduran President:
"We will promote dialogue at the border tomorrow and work to achieve a national...
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrives for visit
1. Wide of International Airport Jose Marti in Havana
2. Mid of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega walking down plane stairs and greeting Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
3. Cutaway of press
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel...
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ARGENTINA: ASSASSIN OF FORMER DICTATOR SOMOZA GOES ON TRIAL
Spanish/Nat
The self-proclaimed assassin of the deposed Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza went on trial in Argentina, on Thursday, charged with crimes ranging from murder and robbery to rebellion.
Enrique Gorriaran Merlo, appeared in...
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NICARAGUA :6 TOP OFFICIALS SUSPENDED FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT INCIDENT
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan president Arnoldo Aleman said on Tuesday he did not know that one of the aircraft used to fly him on official visits was stolen and had been used to transport drugs.
Aleman announced the suspension of six top...
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American released from 30 year sentence in murder appeal
1. Cameraman
2. Policeman lifting checkpoint barrier at hospital compound where Eric Volz was treated
3. Police vehicle driving in
4. Cameraman
5. Police car exiting
6. Various of police car and ambulance convoy carrying Eric Volz...
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SYND 15 9 78 SANDINISTA GUERILLAS PATROL STREETS OF ESTELI
A situation report on the Nicaraguan town of Esteli where Sandinista rebels patrol the streets. President Somoza has put the city under martial law. The cameraman gets into the barricades with the rebels as they take aim.
1. ws street...
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NICARAGUA: SANDINISTA LIBERATION FRONT RALLY
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's former President Daniel Ortega has urged all parties to unite under the Sandinista umbrella ahead of next year's presidential elections.
The Sandinista Liberation Front marked the 16th anniversary Wednesday of the...
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Drought & floods in Nicaragua cause hardship
Matagalpa - 13 August 2001
1. Wide shot of Matagalpa
2. People queuing for aid
3. More people arriving and joining queue
4. Pan of queue
5. Man distributing clothes to crowd
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria Quintero
"There is nothing to...
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Nicaraguan, Russian FMs hold talks
1. Exterior of Foreign Ministry building
2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera greet, enter meeting room
3. Media
4. Sergey Lavrov
5. Norman Caldera
6. Rear shot of meeting room
7....
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NICARAGUA: TIPPER GORE DELIVERS AID SHIPMENT
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The wife of U-S Vice-President Al Gore has arrived in Nicaragua with medical aid and the promise of another 10 (m) million dollars for hurricane-battered Central America.
Tipper Gore flew into the capital Managua on...
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Clashes between police and students
1. Medium shot riot police shooting tear gas through fence
2. Tear gas fired on protesting students
3. Various shots of confrontation between students and police, several tear gas canisters being fired
4. Students running from riot...