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FM says Colombia and Ecuador restoring diplomatic ties
1. Wide of Colombia's Foreign minister, Fernando Araujo, greeting officials before news briefing
2. Araujo kissing official on the cheek
3. Araujo and officials sitting at desk
4. Araujo speaking into microphone
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
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Rebel negotiators meet Colombian congressional delegation
1. Wide of meeting between Colombian congressional delegation and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) representatives
2. Mid of head of the Colombian congressional delegation, Senator Roy Barreras (third from left) at...
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Latam leaders ease tension over Colombia, Uribe, Chavez handshake
1. Wide of Presidents meeting at Rio Summit
2. Mid of audience listening to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe talking
3. President of Ecuador Rafael Correa listening to Uribe
4. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega complaining of Uribe's...
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Defence minister says authorities uncover plot to kill former President Uribe
Colombia's Defence Minister said on Tuesday authorities had uncovered a plot by a unit of the country's main leftist rebel group to assassinate former President Alvaro Uribe.
Speaking in Bogota Juan Carlos Pinzon said Uribe had been...
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Fidel Castro newspaper article about release of Colombia hostages
1. Zoom out Old Capitol Building and traffic
2. Medium shot people walking on street
3. Close up newspaper vendor taking newspapers from bag
4. Medium shot woman buying newspapers from vendor
5. Close up of newspaper in woman's hands
6....
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MEXICO: COLOMBIAN GUERRILLA LEADER DEPORTED FROM BOLIVIA
Spanish/Nat
A Colombian guerrilla leader has been deported to Mexico after spending three days under arrest in Bolivia.
Luis Alberto Alban Urbano - leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - has lived in Mexico for five...
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Former president heads to Colombia for hostage release
1. Wide of Argentine presidential helicopter with former president Nestor Kirchner inside
2. Various of Kirchner getting off helicopter, walking on runway, speaking with officials and getting back on helicopter
3. Argentinean Foreign...
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COLOMBIA: CAQUETA: PRESENCE OF TROOPS CREATES GHOST TOWNS
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The presence of Colombian troops in the coca-rich region of Caqueta, Colombia, has forced thousands involved in the illegal trade to disappear, thereby creating ghost towns.
The remote village of Remolinos del Caguan is one...
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Family of kidnapped politician comment on Latam crisis
1. Students gathered in front of Sciences-Po school of political sciences
2. Poster of kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt above the entrance of the school
3. Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt, son of Betancourt (left of screen) and Fabrice...
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Argentine President Fernandez in a two day official visit to Colombia
1. Wide of Argentinean President, Cristina Fernandez, arriving and being greeted by her Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos
2. Wide of honour guard in welcoming ceremony outside presidential palace
3. Various of welcoming ceremony,...
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Latest on peace talks between Colombian government and FARC rebels
1. Wide of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) delegation arriving for peace talks
2. Wide of FARC delegation gathering in front of microphone
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jesus Santrich, FARC negotiator:
"We have reached an...
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Soldiers taken hostage 14 years ago expected to be freed by FARC
Villavicencio, Colombia - 02 March 2012
1. Close of Cristina Arcia showing letters sent by her brother Sergeant Luis Arturo Arcia, who has been a hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 14 years
2. SOUNDBITE...
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Former FARC hostage meets President Morales
1. Exterior of presidential palace
2. Convoy of vehicles arriving
3. Former hostage of FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) Ingrid Betancourt coming out of car and entering palace
4. Wide of Betancourt meeting Bolivian...
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Hundreds march calling for liberation of those held captive by FARC
1. Various of people marching on the street wearing white T-shirts and holding placards and signs calling for the release of kidnapped hostages
2. Wide of protesters marching in front of Bolivar's Plaza in Bogota
2. Mid shot of Yolanda...
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Betancourt's son records message for his ill mother at radio station
1. Various of Lorenzo Delloye, son of FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt, arriving in studio of RFI (Radio France Internationale), sits down at desk to record radio message for his mother
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Lorenzo Delloye, son of FARC...
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Peace talks between FARC rebels and Colombian gov wrap up for 5-day break
1. Colombian government negotiator Humberto de la Calle walking towards media
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Humberto de la Calle, Colombian government lead negotiator:
"The government's ambition is not limited to reaching a...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT SAMPER ORDERS OFFENSIVE AGAINST REBELS
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Colombian president Ernesto Samper has ordered a full-scale offensive against rebel forces locked in combat with his government.
Over the past four days rebels have launched a violent campaign in which more than 40 people...
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COLOMBIA: ARMY SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF FARC ATTACK
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The twisted bodies of some 36 soldiers have been retrieved from a damp, misty hillside in Colombia a day after fierce fighting with leftist rebels in mountains south of the capital Bogota.
The soldiers died in clashes...
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ECUADOR: FREED FRENCH HOSTAGES LATEST
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Two French helicopter pilots have been found by a military patrol in Ecuador's Amazon four days after they, and eight other foreigners, were kidnapped.
The two French men were kidnapped with five Americans, an Argentinian...
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Govt negotiators travel to Cuba to resume peace talks with FARC
1. Wide of Colombian negotiators heading to Havana for peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
2. Mid of negotiators
3. Close-up of chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle
4. Pan of team heading to Havana
5....
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FARC, government negotiators and victims of conflict on peace talks
A newly-formed group of academics met with representatives of leftist guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government in Havana on Thursday to monitor and record ongoing peace talks.
After...
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USA: TERRY WAITE IN BID TO FREE HOSTAGES HELD IN COLOMBIA UPDATE
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Former hostages Terry Waite and Terry Anderson will fly to Colombia on Wednesday in a bid to free three Americans held hostage in Colombia.
The high profile campaign comes five years after the three men, all missionaries,...
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Army continue to search for kidnapped foreign tourists
Santa Marta
1. Various of streets and hostel where some foreigners were staying at
2. Various of delegates from different embassies
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Alberto Ospina, Colombian Army Commander:
"In any case the operation...
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Colombia's opposition presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga said on Monday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) must stop all criminal activity in order for the peace process to continue.
Colombia's opposition presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga said on Monday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) must stop all criminal activity in order for the peace process to continue.
During a press conference...