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Empty chair as Fidel Castro is absent from National Assembly
1. Cuban president Raul Castro (white shirt) entering stage, followed by Ricardo Alarcon (pale green shirt), Cuba National Assembly president
2. Raul taking his seat, zoom out to wide of assembly
3. Empty chair of Fidel Castro, pan...
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USA: MIAMI: MOURNERS PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO CUBAN EXILE LEADER
Spanish/Nat
Scores of mourners have gathered in Miami's Little Havana to pay their last respect to Cuban exile leader Jorge Mas Canosa.
58-year-old, Mas Canosa died on Sunday in his Miami home from complications of lung cancer.
His death...
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Theologians meet in Havana to discuss FTAA
1. Wide exterior Ebenezer Baptist church
2. Various of conference participants arriving
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ted Braun, United Church of Christ, U.S.A.:
"We've seen what's happened with NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). ...
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Cuban Roman Catholic Church issues letter asking for political change in country
Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba called for political reform in tandem with social and economic changes already under way, issuing their first joint pastoral letter in two decades that was presented to reporters on Monday.
The document...
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State Dept comments on new Cuba dollar policy
1. State Department spokesman approaching podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Ereli, State Department Deputy spokesman:
"We think that this move is yet another indicator that Castro is refusing to do what is best for his own people. It...
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Morning scenes from Havana, reax to Castro health, political situation
1. Pan right Havana skyline
2. Medium shot Malecon (seafront avenue) with empty carnival kiosks
3. Medium shot abandoned grandstands
4. Medium grandstands with traffic
5. Medium metal Carnival barriers collected
6. Medium shot abandoned...
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Cuban FM criticises US at citizenship ceremony
1. Interior hall where citizenship ceremony taking place
2. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque shakes hand of Cuban citizen and presents passport and citizenship scroll
3. Audience applauds
4. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez...
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American diplomat leaves post, says better days to come for Cuba
1. Tilt down from US Flag to James Cason with US Marine
2. US Marines with flags
3. Tilt up Statue of Liberty with "75" in hand
4. The number "75"
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) James Cason, Chief of US Mission in Cuba:
"Change is...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Dismissing plots and threats against his life, Fidel Castro bade farewell to the Dominican Republic on Monday, insisting that his revolution would endure long after he'd gone.
Castro's comments came during a five-hour speech...
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CUBA: HAVANA: CHRISTMAS EVE CELEBRATIONS
Spanish/Nat
Christmas is making a comeback in communist Cuba.
For nearly three decades, Christmas Eve was just another night before just another work day in the officially atheist country.
Christmas as a national holiday disappeared in...
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Government moves with the times on sex changes
Havana, Cuba - 9 March 2010
1. Travelling shot of Yiliam Gonzalez walking in Old Havana
2. Various of people walking in street, couple taking pictures
3. Zoom out of Gonzalez walking as men stare at her
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yiliam...
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Juanes and Bose arrive for open air concert ADDS shots, s'bites
Havana, Cuba - 18 September 2009
1. Top shot of doorway of Hotel Nacional with singers Miguel Bose and Juanes attempting to enter
2. Security pushing to get Bose and Juanes into lobby
3. Juanes and Bose escorted behind hotel counter
4....
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Opposition activist home from hospital after ending hunger strike
1. Mid Cuban opposition activist of Guillermo Farinas getting dressed with help from daughter Diosangeles and his wife
2. Mid of daughter pushing Farinas in wheelchair
3. Tilt down from daughter hugging Farinas to his legs
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Brazilian president visits, meets Cuban president
1. Wide of Brazilian presidential airplane taxiing at Jose Marti International Airport
2. Mid of Cuban delegation walking toward plane; Minister Ricardo Cabrisas salutes to camera
3. Pull out of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
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USA: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT CUBA PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has announced plans allowing a significant expansion of cash transfers from private Americans to needy Cubans.
The proposals also includes U-S food sales to Cuba on a limited basis...
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People optimistic for the future after Morales is sworn in
1. Wide shot of Presidential Palace
2. People Buying newspapers on the road
3. La Razon Newspaper, reading: "Bolivia celebrates a President for all"
4. Hernan Newspaper seller, carrying pile of newspapers
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
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US to allow Americans to send cell phones to Cuba
1. Wide shot US President George W. Bush walks up
2. Cutaway US Senator Mel Martinez R, Florida and US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R, Florida
3. SOUNDBITE:(English) George W. Bush, US President
"Since Raul is allowing Cubans to own...
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SPAIN: MADRID: PROTEST AGAINST LAUNCH OF ANTI-CASTRO ASSOCIATION
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A mob of protesters vented their anger at the launch of an association dedicated to lobbying against Cuba's Communist leader, Fidel Castro in Madrid, Spain on Thursday.
Speakers and guests arriving for the meeting were...
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+4:3 Pope's mass decries fanaticism, demands greater freedom for church
1. Wide of Cuban President Raul Castro arriving at Mass
2. Various of religious students singing, waving flags
3. Various of Pope Benedict XVI arriving at Mass
4. Wide Revolution Square
5. Pan crowd at Mass
6. Mid members of clergy
7....
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Iberoamerican Summit, arrivals and security
1. Flags of participating countries
2. Security along beach
3. Security boat in the beach
4. Wide shot tourists at the beach
5. Army car driving by
6. Police car near banner
7. Close up of banner reading "Venezuela greets President...
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Castro on US Interest Section in Havana
1. Wide shot voting area
2. Mid shot Cuban President Fidel Castro voting
3. Wide shot National Assembly
4. Mid shot official
5. Castro standing
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fidel Castro, President of Cuba:
"Anyone can see that this is a...
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State Dept on visa problems for Cuban Grammy nominees
Washington DC - 02 September 2003
1. US State Department spokesman entering briefing room
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Boucher, US State Department Spokesman:
"This is a complicated situation, we all know that...
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Cuba - Che Guevera funeral
Rebel icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara was laid to rest in a mausoleum in Santa Clara on Friday (17/10) some 30 years after his death in Bolivia.
Santa Clara was "liberated" by Guevara in 1958 in one of his more famous attacks that led to the...
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Leaders meet for Association of Caribbean States summit
December 10, 2001
1. Various of President Hugo Chavez greeting President Fidel Castro
Pool
December 11, 2001
2. Suriname President arriving
3. Suriname flag next to the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) flag
4. Presidential...