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Ex-Colombia president appears at Supreme Court
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe appeared before Colombia's Supreme Court on Tuesday for questioning in a case involving alleged witness tampering that could potentially cast a dark shadow over his legacy.
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANDIDATES PRESS CONFERENCE
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There's less than 48 hours before Colombians cast their votes for a new president.
Leading candidates have been making final public appearances before the elections on Sunday.
A car bomb exploded in Bogota but no one was...
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USA: COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT PASTRANA MEETS BILL CLINTON
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Colombian President Andres Pastrana began a state visit to the U-S on Wednesday, and was given a warm welcome by President Bill Clinton.
President Pastrana promised to seek a "renewed partnership" with the United States ...
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High-ranking rebel hands himself in after fighting for 16 years
1. Wide of Juan Carlos Pinzon, Colombia Minister of Defence, greeting Nelson Ruiz alias Gonzalo Gondola, a former leader of a FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) front who deserted along with his girlfriend Diana Gutierrez,...
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Bush and Colombian president hold presser on free trade
1. Wide shot of Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe, and US President, George W Bush, walking
2. Wide shot of Uribe and Bush speaking to reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"We had a discussion today about an...
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Presidents Bush and Pastrana agree on narcoterrorism and Venezuela
1. Colombian Presidential motorcade arrives at the White House
2. US President George W Bush greets Colombian President Andres Pastrana in Oval Office
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Andres Pastrana, President of Colombia
"First, in trying, as...
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Colombia's president meets compatriots including Garcia Marquez
1. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez walking into meeting with members of Colombian community in Mexico, Uribe waves
2. Close up Marquez
3. Audience applauding
4. Uribe and Marquez sit
5. Press
6. Marquez...
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Preparations for expected release of hostages
1. Various of Venezuelan plane taxiing on runway
2. Various wides of Venezuelan officials including Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro, getting off plane
3. Wide of officials standing on tarmac
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Claudia...
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Evidence of coca plantation on Ecuadorian side of border, presser
Washington DC, US - 9 January 2007
1. Wide of assembly
2. Various of delegates
3. Close up of Camilo Reyes, Colombian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Francisco Carrion, Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs Minister:
"The...
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COLOMBIA: ANTI-NARCOTICS POLICE WILL START SPRAYING COCA CROPS
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Colombian anti-narcotics police will start spraying coca fields this month with a new herbicide aimed at stamping out production.
Unlike the herbicide now in use, the new one is effective even when it rains, and crop ...
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Interview with husband and son of Colombian hostage
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 Colombia
3. Ingrid Betancourt poster
4. More of protest in...
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Nationwide march for peace, President Santos leads a call to end conflict
1. Pan of soldiers standing in formation on parade ground waiting for President Juan Manuel Santos to speak ahead of peace march, UPSOUND Colombian national anthem being sung
2. Various of soldiers on parade ground
3. Wide of Santos on...
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COLOMBIA: US DRUG ENFORCEMENT CHIEF CONSTANTINE VISIT
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U-S Drug Enforcement Administrator Thomas Constantine has expressed confidence in Colombia's fight against drug trafficking.
Constantine was in Colombia on a hastily organised one day visit.
The visit was prompted after...
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President-elect of Ecuador meets President Nestor Kirchner
Buenos Aires - 13 December 2006
1. Wide of presidential palace
2. Ecuador's President-elect Rafael Correa with Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner
3. Correa walks into news conference
4. Media at news conference
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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Police capture suspected regional FARC commander
VNR - Colombian Police
Bogota - 3 June 2006
1. Mid shot of police officers running in to search a business
2. Mid shot of police officer telling man to get down on the floor
3. Various of suspect showing police his identification
4....
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: ALLEGED DRUG CARTEL LEADER ARRESTED: UPDATE
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Colombian police have arrested another suspected leader of the notorious Cali drug cartel.
Jose Santacruz Londono, thought to be the number three man in the cartel , was picked up by police officers Tuesday, as he was...
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COLOMBIA: GENERAL ASKS GUERRILLAS' LOVERS TO HOLD SEX STRIKE
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Colombia's military commander has asked the lovers of warring guerrillas to go on strike.
General Manuel Jose Bonett is proposing that the women should not have sex with their partners until a peace treaty is signed.
The...
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Colombia's government and the country's largest rebel group FARC have reached a deal on the release of a general whose capture had jeopardised negotiations, international peace mediators said on Wednesday.
Colombia's government and the country's largest rebel group FARC have reached a deal on the release of a general whose capture had jeopardised negotiations, international peace mediators said on Wednesday.
The breakthrough announcement...
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Santos seeking clarification from US on surveillance after Snowden leaks
Bogota, 8 August 2013
1. Mid of Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia president walking into interview with Associated Press at the presidential palace
2. Mid of Santos greeting Associated Press reporter and sitting down
3. Mid of Santos...
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President George W. Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are renewing their push for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election.
HEADLINE: Bush renewing push for Colombian free-trade deal
CAPTION: President George W. Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are renewing their push for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign...
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New US Ambassador welcomes any effort to free 45 hostages held by FARC
12 September 2007
1. Close-up of Brownfild walking to podium, pulls to wide of stage
2. Cutaway of camera
3. Wide of stage
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) William Brownfild, US Ambassador to Colombia:
"We welcome the participation of any leader,...
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Pres Correa meets family of FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt
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 sister Astrid and Ingrid's ex-husband...
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Colombian President Santos visits Portugal
1. Wide of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos getting out of car and shaking hands with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva
2. Wide of Santos and Cavaco Silva walking up red carpet
3. Wide of photocall with Santos, Cavaco Silva...
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Hollande meets Santos; comment on Greece elections
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos was welcomed at the Elysee Palace by French President, Francois Hollande, on Monday.
Santos is on a state visit to France and earlier attended a military parade at Les Invalides in Paris.
After...