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SYND 2 12 78 OAS INVESTIGATION TEAM ON NICARAGUA / COSTA RICA BORDER
A three man investigation team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) inspect the Nicaragua-Costa Rican border area near Piedras Blances to determine the extent of the damage and the responsibility for the border skirmish which...
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WFP needs at least 16,500 metric tons of food for Central America
APTN-San Pedro, Honduras-Recent (August, 2001)
1. Two shots of fields showing drought condition of crops
2. Close up shots of farmer picking crops and showing to camera how weak and dried they are
3. Medium shot of farmer walking and...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: STREETS HAVE NO NAMES AND HOUSES NO NUMBERS
Spanish/Nat
The locals are used to it, but finding an address in Nicaragua's capital, Managua, can prove really difficult.
The streets have no names and houses don't have numbers, so Managuans have developed a system of references to...
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SYND 28 2 78 PRESIDENT SOMOZA ADDRESSING RALLY
President Somoza addressing rally
ABC News item
Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0062135 - LN Number: LN90913 - Available in HD
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Trial of Mexican nationals accused of trying to smuggle 9 million US into Nicaragua
1. Masked security guard standing with gun at entrance to trial of 18 Mexican nationals accused of money laundering
2. Various of journalists going through security outside entrance to trial
3. Wide of defence legal team seated at...
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WRAP Ortega meets with President Bolanos, ADDS voxpops
1. Med of Nicaragua's President-elect Daniel Ortega walking into Presidential Palace
2. Med of members of Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos' cabinet awaiting Ortega's entrance
3. Med of Ortega and Bolanos shaking hands
4. SOUNDBITE...
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NICARAGUA: CUBAN AID ARRIVES FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
Spanish/Nat
After an initial government rejection of Cuban aid, medical supplies have now arrived in Nicaragua from Cuba.
The aid arrived a day after the opposition Sandinista party accused President Arnoldo Aleman of putting politics...
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FMs from Russia and Nicaragua discuss wider economic relations
1. Exterior of Russian Foreign Ministry guest house
2. Close up of windows
3. Wide of meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez
4. Close up Lavrov speaking
5. Mid shot...
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SYND 6 2 78 PEOPLE VOTING IN MANAGUA AND PRESIDENT SOMOZA RE-ELECTED
People voting in Managua during general strike, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is re-elected.
1. various of people voting in polling station2. gv idle factory during nation wide strike 3. cu closed sign on door4. gv petrol station...
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WRAP Carter presser as int observer plus shots of Ortega
1. Introduction of former US President, Jimmy Carter, at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States:
"We are very pleased at the much improved plans for this election, the technical plans...
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NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA WILL NOT RECOGNISE LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENT
Managua, Nicaragua, 22 & 23 November 19961. Various of Ortega out jogging2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Ortega - head of Sandinista Front3. Shots of Supreme Electoral Council meeting (22 November 1996)4. Arnoldo Aleman being...
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Summit of LatAm leaders, ousted Honduran president comments
1. Wide of meeting of Latin American leaders at meeting
2. Medium of Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega and Cuban president, Raul Castro
3. Various of ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, speaking on mobile phone
4. Zelaya...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH (V)
Natural Sound
Voiced By: Philippa Meagher
The death toll from former Hurricane Mitch is now estimated at more than 7-thousand.
The majority of those dead - about 5-thousand - are from Honduras. At least 15-hundred more are from...
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Celebrations to mark 15 years of peace
San Salvador - 16 January 2007
1. Mexican president Felipe Calderon and Salvadorean president Tony Saca entering auditorium
2. Wide shot of Calderon and Saca at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Tony Saca, Salvadorean President:
"I...
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Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega meets with Mexican President
1. Wide of Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (white shirt) at podium
2. Calderon and Ortega shaking hands, audience applauding
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico:
"The US...
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NICARAGUA: PLAN TO SAVE THE SEA TURTLE
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 lay...
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RE-EDIT 116 year old still going strong
1. Various of Eva Rayo with family
2. Eva Rayo eating a meat soup
3. UPSOUND (Spanish) Mercedes Rayo, Daughter:
"What do you want to eat?
4. UPSOUND (Spanish) Eva Rayo:
"I want tortillas."
5. UPSOUND (Spanish) Mercedes Rayo,...
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SYND 24-12-72 INTERVIEW WITH NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE VICTIM IN MIAMI, FLORIDA
Interview with Sanson Navaro, witness to Managua earthquake in which some ten thousand people are reported dead.
1. ms to mcu Sanson Avaro interviewed (SOUNDBITE): Spanish
Film: Rev - Sound: Mag SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0030885 - LN...
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NICARAGUA: ISTHMUS CATTLE FAIR
Spanish/Nat
Livestock breeders from across Central America have flocked to Nicaragua to take part in the most important horse and cattle fair in the region.
Around 200-thousand people are expected to attend a fair bringing together all...
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NICARAGUA: CERRO NEGRO VOLCANO ERUPTION SITUATION UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's President Violeta Chamorro has been touring the area devastated by the Cerro Negro volcano.
Thousands of people have fled their homes and ash from the eruption has covered fields, polluted drinking water and...
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Former president appears in court, says charges against him are political
Managua, 13 Dec 2002
1. Various of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman arriving at court escorted by riot police
2. Supporters of Aleman (Liberal Party) chant and greet Arnoldo Aleman
3. Aleman waves to supporters
4. Aleman enters...
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NICARAGUA: CALL FOR RETURN OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguans have called for the return of the death penalty following the vicious murder of two children and their maid in the capital, Managua.
Miurel, aged 11, and her five-year-old brother Walter had their throats slit by...
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NICARAGUA: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SUNDAY'S ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
Final preparations are underway for Sunday's election in Nicaragua.
Voters have a choice of 23 candidates for president, but only two men really stand a chance of winning.
It's a contest between leftist Sandinista candidate...
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Preparations ahead of Sunday's presidential election
1. Various of statue of soldier
2. Various of soldiers patrolling
3. Various of electoral banner for Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega
4. Various of electoral officials and military officers controlling the transportation of ballot...