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CUBA: REACTION TO USA ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
As the US prepares to welcome their next president, Cubans seem less than impressed by both candidates.
Texas Governor George Bush and Vice President Al Gore, are one and the same according to Cuba and neither offers hope of...
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Steve Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro talk about the new biopic
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AP Entertainment
Cannes, May 22nd 2008
1. MCU of cast at press conference
2. CU Benicio Del Toro and Steven Soderbergh
3. Wide of press conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steven...
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Former Venezuelan vice president says he met Fidel Castro
1. Wide of media gathered at entrance to Hotel Nacional
2. Mid of Elias Jaua, former Vice President of Venezuela, arriving to speak with media
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elias Jaua, Former Vice President of Venezuela:
(Question: "How was...
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CUBA: HAVANA: CUBANS LOOK FORWARD TO ARRIVAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The Pope is only hours away from his first visit to Cuba.
He is due to arrive in Havana on Wednesday afternoon - and thanks to favourable winds on the flight from Rome it looks like the Pontiff will arrive earlier than...
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Released Cuban dissidents return home
1. Pull out to wide of the exterior of the house of released Cuban dissident Hector Maseda and his wife Laura Pollan, in Havana
2. Mid of Maseda hugging and kissing his wife
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hector Maseda, released Cuban dissident...
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CUBA: DOCTOR SEEKS ASYLUM IN ZIMBAWBE
Spanish/Nat
The wife of a Cuban doctor seeking political asylum in Zimbabwe has said she is not surprised at her husband's dramatic attempt to defect.
Doctor Leonal Cordova Rodriguez is reported to have escaped in a covert Cold War ...
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CUBA: TRAVEL AGENT
Spanish/Nat
A former C-I-A agent has begun what he says is the first independent American business in Cuba for 40 years.
Former agent Philip Agee has teamed up with European investors and the state-run travel agent to open a travel...
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Reax, street scenes, headlines on Morales win
1. Pullout of Presidential palace
2. Various of people gathered around newsstand looking at the front pages on display
3. Various of man reading Patria Unida Newspaper, headline says "Evo President"
4. Pull out of Alcides del Solar...
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Funeral of Oscar Niemeyer, architect who designed futuristic capital
1. Various of mourners paying respects at casket of late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer
2. Close of casket
3. Mid of members of MST (Moviemientos sin Tierra, a group advocating for farmers and rural workers to have their own land)...
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9 more Cuban political prisoners to fly to Spain
18 July 2010
1. Tilt down church to "Ladies in White" protesters, wives and mothers of jailed dissidents
2. Various of "Ladies in White" marching while holding flowers
3. Various of protesters chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "Liberty"
4....
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President Raul Castro makes speech at Cuban National Assembly
1. Wide of Parliament chamber
2. Medium of Raul Castro, Cuban President, seated next to empty space (where the chair of his brother Fidel used to be)
3. Pan right of members voting unanimously
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Raul Castro,...
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CUBA: SANTIAGO: POPE DELIVERS POLITICAL MESSAGE AT MASS
Spanish/Nat
Pope John Paul II has delivered his most direct political message yet in his pilgrimage to Cuba, advocating freedom of expression, association and debate for the island's people.
The Pontiff was giving mass in Santiago, a...
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China - Castro Arrives In Beijing
Cuba's President Fidel Castro arrived in Beijing on Thursday
(29/11) for his first visit to China hoping to strengthen economic
ties between the two nations. Castro emerged from his Soviet-built Ilyushin jet and was given a low-key...
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+4:3 Reax to death of legendary general considered a national hero
Vietnamese people on Saturday mourned the death of legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap, who died on Friday aged 102.
Giap, the brilliant and ruthless commander who led the outgunned Vietnamese to victory first over the French and then the...
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Hurricane Dennis approaches Havana
Havana
1. Wide shot Morro Castle and boats
2. Man sitting on quay with castle in background
3. Men lifting boat from sea
4. Zoom out from sign reading "Closed" to exterior of shop
5. Wide shot men boarding up windows
6. SOUNDBITE...
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CHILE/EUROPE: PINOCHET ARRESTED ON ALLEGATIONS OF MURDER (3)
Span/Eng/Nat
The Chilean President has demanded the release of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who's been arrested by British police on a Spanish extradition warrant.
Pinochet was in London for surgery when Scotland...
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WRAP Bolivian president elect visits Cuba, adds meeting with Castro
1. Evo Morales, Bolivian President-elect, getting off aeroplane and being greeted by Cuban President Fidel Castro
2. Wide of honour guards with Cuban and Bolivian flags
3. Various of Castro and Morales standing for anthem
4. Castro...
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CUBA: PREPARATIONS FOR HISTORIC BASEBALL GAME
Spanish/Nat
Cuban baseball fans are preparing for the historic exhibition game being held in Havana between the Baltimore Orioles and a national squad.
The match marks the return of major league baseball to the communist island after 40...
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Castro says he will blame Bush for any attempt on Chavez's life
1. Wide shot 'Palacio de Convenciones' conference hall, Fidel entering with Adan Chavez
2. Delegates clapping in the hall
3. Close up conference sign
4. Delegates seated in the hall
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fidel Castro, President of...
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WRAP Chilean President continues visit, ADDS reax to Fidel meeting
1. Mid of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaking to officials at Havana University, pull out as she walks over to lectern
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile:
"Good afternoon. I would like to share with...
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Mugabe arrives for meeting of Nonaligned Movement
Havana
1. Wide shot of a cargo ship entering Havana Harbour
2. Cargo ship in channel
3. Wide of traffic in Havana
4. Police officer on the street
5. Wide shot of group of people talking
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Julio Amayo, musician, vox...
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Chavez and Castro sign bilateral agreements
1. Wide of Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sitting at desk at the Palace of the Revolution
2. Castro and Chavez looking at documents
3. Venezuelan delegation
4. Close-up of Chavez signing
5. Close-up of...
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Thousands pay tribute to hero of Cuban revolution Cienfuegos
1. Wide of Revolution Square with Che Guevara and Cienfuegos Camilo monuments
2. Wide of Cienfuegos monument and crowd
3. Military school cadets
4. Crowd and military cadets with monument wall in background showing image of Cienfuegos...
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Castro Says He Will Blame Bush For Any Attempt on Chavez's Life, Cuba: Cigar Festival, Cuba - Dissidents Meeting in Open Assembly, Pro-Castro Protestors Picket Dissident Houses
Castro Says He Will Blame Bush For Any Attempt on Chavez's Life
Havana, Cuba - 12 February 2004
Wide shot 'Palacio de Convenciones' conference hall, Fidel entering with Adan Chavez
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fidel Castro, President of Cuba:
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