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Up to six dead in heavy rains.
1. Aerial shots of La Lima flooded areas
2. People waiting for medical assistance in the north of the country
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heriberto Almaguer, Doctor
"We're concentrated in emergencies right now, but after floods we'll have...
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SYND 15 9 78 RESULTS OF THE FIGHTING IN LEON BETWEEN SANDISTA REBELS AND NATIONAL GUARD
Troops of President Anastasio Somoza's National Guard have launched an all out assault on Leon, Nicaragua's second largest town, in a bid to win back control from the Sandinista rebels. The guard, backed up by crack black beret units,...
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NICARAGUA: WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND AND 2 CHILDREN AND THEN HERSELF DEAD
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's chief of the riot police and his two sons have been shot dead by his wife who then committed suicide.
Manuel Lezama's wife was thought to have been driven to murder by crippling debts.
A grisly scene met police...
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SYND 14 7 79 SANDINISTA GUERRILLAS MAN ROAD BLOCKS AT JINOTEPE
Sandinista guerrillas manning road blocks on the Panamerican highway near Jinotepe, only vehicles with Sandinista passes are allowed through.
1. car being directed to side of road by Sandinista
2. ms road block made from bricks and...
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SYND 25 6 79 JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO GUIDED TOUR OF NICARAGUAN BORDER ARea
Journalists are invited to guided tour of Nicaraguan border area in which the Army have beaten the rebel Sandinistas and captured their weapons and ammunition.
1. ms armed soldiers and journalists in a Jeep
2. gv tracking from moving...
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USA: NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ARNOLDO ALEMAN VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan presidential candidate Arnoldo Aleman is in the U-S promoting his presidential bid and raising funds for the campaign.
Aleman, the candidate for the conservative Liberal Constitutional Party, is meeting with...
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NICARAGUA: LEFT WING GUERRILLA GROUP FUAC HAND OVER ARMS
Spanish/Nat
Members of a left-wing guerrilla group in Nicaragua have begun handing in their arms after signing a peace accord with the government.
Leaders from the United Front of Andres Castro (FUAC) agreed to lay down their arms...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH LATEST (2)
Spanish/Nat
Officials have called for extra medicine to help with relief efforts following the onslaught of Hurricane Mitch.
The powerful storm has killed an estimated 7-thousand people across Central America, 2-thousand of them in...
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NICARAGUA: ALLEGATIONS OF EXPLOITATION AT GOLD MINE
Cerro Mojon, Nicaragua - Recent
1. General shot of mining zone
2. Various shots of miners working above ground
3. Various shots of miners hacking at rock
4. Close up of miner hacking at rock
5. Wide shot of miners huts amid the gold...
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Nicaragua - Turtle patrol
The world's sea turtle population is dropping at an alarming rate and the Nicaraguan government has launched a plan to save them. Turtles have used the country's beaches for centuries as a breeding ground where they can lay their eggs. ...
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USA: FLORIDA: NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT ARNOLDO ALEMAN VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan President has pledged his support in Miami to a hunger strike protesting against the possible expulsion of more than 40-thousand immigrants back to their country.
President Arnoldo Aleman says he will ask President...
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EDIT Zelaya with US envoy, Micheletti comments
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Various of interim government cabinet session led by interim president Roberto Micheletti
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Micheletti, interim president of Honduras:
"If I have to step down, I will do it but Zelaya...
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NICARAGUA: ELECTION OFFICIALS HELD HOSTAGE BY REBELS RELEASED
Spanish/Nat
More than 30 election officials in Nicaragua have been released after the were kidnapped by Contra rebels earlier this week.
The government said the hostages had been held in Honduras but were freed in Nicaraguan...
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NICARAGUA: ARRIVAL OF 120 JAPANESE "MOONIE" MISSIONARIES
Spanish/Nat
The arrival in Nicaragua of 120 followers of a controversial breakaway church has stirred deep division within Nicaragua's theological community.
The followers are commonly known the world over as "Moonies", and follow the ...
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NICARAGUA: CALL FOR GREATER WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MACHO SOCIETY
Spanish/Nat
Recent allegations of rape against Sandinista leader, Daniel Ortega, have unleashed a powerful lobby for greater women's rights in the modern macho society of Nicaragua.
The allegations were made earlier this year by Ortega's...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH VICTIMS RECEIVE RELIEF AID
Spanish/Nat
The first official caravans of aid have been arriving at the devastated Nicaraguan town of Posoltaga on Thursday.
Thousands of people are homeless and without food and water following the destruction that trailed in...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT ALEMAN'S DAUGHTER MARIA DOLORES PROFILE
Spanish/Nat
She's perhaps one of the world's youngest first ladies, in a country plagued by social, political and economic instability.
Maria Dolores Aleman is the daughter of Nicaragua's newly-elected president Arnoldo Aleman.
Aleman...
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Bangladesh, Sudan, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Africa
Flooded areas in Bangladesh - isolated huts,
aerials of Dhaka - people wading through flooded streets
Aerials of flooded areas in Sudan - flooded villages - desolated
Hospital scenes - Mothers with children
Flooded streets in Rio
Aerials...
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NICARAGUA: PRO SANDINISTA STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE
Natural Sound
A student was killed - apparently by a rubber bullet - when police fired upon students, armed with rocks and home-built grenade launchers, as they tried to occupy Nicaragua's Central Bank in Managua on Tuesday.
The dozens...
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NICARAGUA: SPANISH PREMIER AZNAR ARRIVES FOR WIDE RANGING TALKS
Natural Sound
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has arrived in Nicaragua for a series of talks on subjects ranging from trade to human rights.
Nicaragua expects to benefit from a 120 (m) million U-S dollar Spanish aid package as a...
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NICARAGUA: WORLD'S SEA TURTLE POPULATION DROPS ALARMINGLY
Spanish/Nat
The world's sea turtle population is dropping at an alarming rate, and the Nicaraguan government has launched a plan to save them.
Turtles have used the country's beaches for centuries as a breeding ground where they can...
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NICARAGUA: POLITICIANS UNITE TO HELP DEVASTATED COUNTRY
Spanish/Nat
In an effort to rebuild their country after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch, Nicaraguan politicians have agreed to lay political differences aside.
Arch rivals President Arnoldo Aleman and Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega...
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In Masaya, Nicaragua, villagers celebrate the festival of St. Lazarus.
1. Wide shot of Masaya village (near Managua)
2. Wide shot of village square, festival
3. Mid shot of villagers
4. Wide shot of bishop speaking in church
5. Medium shot of statue of St Lazarus
6. Wide shot of crowd in front of statue
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Pope Francis reinstates priest suspended in the 1980s over Sandinista ties
The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Francis has reinstated a Nicaraguan priest suspended by the Vatican in the 1980s for participating in Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government.
The 81-year-old Reverend Miguel D'Escoto...