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Venezuela officially joins Mercosur trade bloc
Venezuela was officially welcomed into the Mercosur trade bloc on Tuesday, giving that nation's leader Hugo Chavez a long-awaited political prize and strengthening links among the region's agricultural and energy powerhouses.
The...
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Lula talks to businessmen about his plans for economic growth
1. Wide of big screen showing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at World Economic Forum
2. Medium of audience
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President:
"If we wish to send a signal...
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Residents of deprived neighbourhood protest plans to build cable car, demand better health care
1. Wide of protesters in Rocinha favela holding up banners, chanting UPSOUND (Portuguese): "Rocinha is awake"
2. Mid of child on man's shoulders holding up handwritten sign reading (Portuguese): "Health and schools. Rocinha is awake"...
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Barroso meets Rousseff for trade talks, speaks at university
The president of the European Commission said on Friday that the current fighting in Gaza and the downed Malaysia Airlines plane are events that shouldn't be allowed to happen in the 21st century.
"The tragedy that took place yesterday...
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Inmates re-create Christ the Redeemer statue and stage inter-prison tournament
The Netherlands may have bowed out of the World Cup tournament in Brazil - but on Thursday they were declared the winners, as prisoners from jails across neighbouring Peru held their own version of the football championship.
The...
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Venezuelan President Maduro hosted by Dilma Rousseff during official visit
1. Wide of Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, greeting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro at the presidential palace
2. Wide of waiting journalists and media crews
3. Rousseff and Maduro approaching photographers and posing for...
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Reactions and headlines as Rousseff faces Neves in election runoff
With Brazil's presidential election forced into a runoff vote, residents of Rio de Janeiro say they are expecting a tight race between incumbent Dilma Rousseff and opponent Aecio Neves.
President Dilma Rousseff piled up more votes in...
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Mubarak comments on MidEast talks, meets Lula
1. Exterior shot of Itehadeya Palace
2. Various exterior grounds, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inspecting honour guard
3. Various interior shots, photo opportunity Lula and Mubarak ...
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Da Silva leaves empty chair to represent him at final candidates' debate
1. Supporters of presidential candidate Heloisa Helena outside Globo TV Studios
2. Supporters of presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin outside Globo TV Studios
3. Helena, Alckmin and other presidential candidate Cristovao Buarque in TV...
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Brazil's once buoyant economy slips into recession as middle class tighten their belts
Brazil's formerly robust economy has fallen into recession, according to government data released on Friday.
Gross domestic product dropped 0.6 percent in the second quarter, in large part because of soft consumer spending.
Analysts...
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Summit of South American and Arab leaders
1. Protesters wearing Arab chadors with banner reading "Say No to the oppression of women in Arab countries"
2. Pan of protesters
3. Women with covered faces
4. Wide shot of soldiers and sniper on to of watch tower
6. Sniper
7. Zoom...
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Profile of Brazil's first black woman governor
1. Wide of Guanabara Palace facade
2. Pull out from shield to wide shot of Guanabara Palace
3. Wide shot of Governor Benedita da Silva's office
4. Pull out from Benedita da Silva to wide of her office
5. Wide of Governor Benedita...
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WRAP President Putin meets President Lula, visits football stadium
Brasilia, November 22, 2004
1. Aerial wide of President Putin reviewing troops in front of the Planalto Palace
2. Wide shot of President Putin ascending ramp at palace to meet President Lula
3. Pan of Putin greeting Lula
4. Aerial...
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Thousands of landless peasants clash with police during demonstration in Brazilian capital
About 15,000 landless peasants protested in Brazil's capital on Wednesday to demand land reform, swamping the government esplanade and engaging police in sharp clashes that injured at least 32 people, most of them police officers.
Police...
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Pilots linked to Amazon aeroplane crash arrive back in the US
1. Wide of crowd waiting for pilots to land
2. Mid shot of pilots stepping down the plane (Joseph Lepore, then Jan Paladino)
3. Various of pilots hugging relatives
4. Cutaway of press
5. Wide of plane
6. Mid shot of little girl holding...
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BRAZIL: PRESIDENT FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO PRESS CONFERENCE
Portuguese/Nat
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has admitted that his government is at times unable to cope with the country's most daunting social problems.
He told international journalists the government often lacked the...
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Brazilian government to go ahead with controversial AIDS drug
Rio de Janeiro - September 5, 2001
1. Wide shot of exterior of Far-Manguinhos laboratory
2. Close shot of Far-Manguinhos sign
3. Various shots scientists working in lab
4. Set up shot of Maria Fernanda Concalves Macedo, Chemical...
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ARGENTINA: MERCOSUR COUNTRIES PRESIDENTS MEETING
Spanish/Nat
The presidents of South America's Mercosur countries met in Buenos Aires on Friday and made plain their intention to strengthen their regional economic bloc.
Mercosur was near collapse last year after Brazil and Argentina,...
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Newly re-elected, Brazil leader faces house divided; reconciliation needed to advance
Brazil's newly re-elected leader Dilma Rousseff took 51.6 percent of votes to win the right to lead the world's fourth-largest democracy.
But analysts say the closest presidential election since Brazil's return to democracy gives...
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Rousseff and Morales arrive for CELAC summit
Heads of state from Latin America and the Caribbean began arriving in Havana on Sunday for a summit of a fledgling regional bloc that was conceived as a force for integration and a counterbalance to their most powerful neighbour, the...
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Latam leaders arriving for Mercosur Summit
1. Wide shot exterior of Excelsior Hotel downtown Asuncion where the MERCOSUR Summit is taking place
2. Two policemen controlling traffic and access outside hotel
3. Medium shot of banner at the entry of hotel reading " Mercosur XXVIII...
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Brazil-England friendly to be played after judge reverses decision on stadium safety
1. Tilt down from roof of Maracana stadium to the street where construction activity is visible
2. Mid of construction workers clearing construction materials and debris
3. Mid of sign, reads (Portuguese) "Attention, men working",...
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Several Presidents arrive for summit
1. Pull out from Paraguay's river to Asuncion city
2. Mid shot of a Paraguayan flag
3. Mid shot of authorities searching a car in front of Paraguay's Yacht and Golf Club
4. Mid shot of reporters walking
5. Mid shot of a military...
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Racism hits headlines with top appointment and actress scandal
1. Zoom-in on two black boys that work as shoe-shine boys in downtown Rio de Janeiro
2. Wide of black woman walking down street
3. Pan follows a shoe-shine boy and a little boy that sell sweets
4. Set-up shot of Joaquim Benedito...