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Candidates cast their votes
1. Wide then tracking shot of presidential candidate Alvaro Colom arriving at voting centre greeting poll workers
2. Wide shot Alvaro Colom surrounded by media
3. Close up Alvaro Colom casting ballot
4. Medium shot Alvaro Colom shows...
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A'math of landslide which killed at least 45, funerals, scores missing
Nahuala - 6 September 2010
1. Various of funeral for rescuers caught in second mudslide
2. Guatemala President Alvaro Colom talking to relatives of missing victims
3. Pan of rescuer
4. Pan from mudslide to Colom touring site
5....
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Relatives search among dead after landslides
1. Body being carried away by rescue workers
2. Distressed woman crying
3. People looking for relatives in open coffins on display
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio Raxon, father of killed child:
"My aunt and my cousins also died, their...
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Alvaro Colom is sworn as Guatemala's president
1. Wide of inauguration ceremony
2. Various of new Guatemalan president, Alvaro Colom, walking in with his wife ahead of inauguration
3. Colom walking on stage then embracing official and taking a seat
4. Wide of audience
5. Outgoing...
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At least 15 deaths are reported at a marketplace where fireworks are sold
HEADLINE: Fireworks stand explodes in flames; 15 killed
CAPTION: An enormous fire at Central America's largest open-air market Monday killed 15 people in Guatemala City and sent smoke billowing skyward. (Nov. 21)
[Notes:ANCHOR...
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American woman killed by assailants in hotel
1. Wide shot of hotel were the killing occurred
2. Mid shot of hotel sign
3. Various of Suzanne Sparding's covered body
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Police Officer (no name)
"These are the formalities of the body of Mrs. Suzanne Sparding -...
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Central American leaders discuss economy crisis, regional issues in summit
1. Wide of Central America presidents during regional meeting
2. Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, talking during the closing ceremony
3. Close of Alvaro Colom, President of Guatemala
4. Ortega clapping
5. Mid of TV cameras
6. Wide...
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USA: NUN TORTURED IN GUATEMALA BEGINS "VIGIL FOR TRUTH"
Eng/Span/Nat
An American nun tortured in Guatemala has begun a "Vigil For Truth" to highlight the plight of U-S citizens killed or tortured by the country's former U-S-backed government.
Sister Dianna Ortiz launched her vigil with a news...
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President-elect Pena Nieto visits, meets President Perez Molina
1. Pan of Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina entering National Palace of Guatemala
2. Mid of presidents waving then shaking hands
3. Wide of greeting ceremony and pan as they walk...
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GUATEMALA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: REACTIONS
Spanish/Nat
There have been mixed reactions in the Guatemalan capital following the convincing victory by Alfonso Portillo in Sunday's presidential elections.
Portillo, an admitted killer and friend of a former dictator won the...
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At least ten killed after gunmen spray bars with bullets
A group of men in a stolen car shot 29 people on the main street of an impoverished indigenous town in the mountains outside Guatemala City, killing eleven in an incident that some residents blamed on corrupt police officers.
There was...
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FILE Guatemalan high court rules former dictator Montt can run for president
Rabinal - 14 June 2003
1. Wide shot of protest
2. Mid shot of protesters throwing stones at Rios Montt
3. Mid shot of protesters yelling and throwing stones
4. Mid shot of Rios Montt
5. Long shot of protesters chasing Rios Montt,...
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GUATEMALA: END OF CIVIL WAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Spanish/Nat
Guatemalans have been celebrating the second anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty which ended 36 years or civil war.
To mark the date, both the army and Guatemala's president made a public apology and asked the...
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Aid reaching flood victims
1. Aerial shot from plane of people running to pick up supplies
2. People running to pick up supplies
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Resident
"We are in a bad way. We have no work, no food, and a pound of tomatoes costs 10 (pesos) in...
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WRAP of the Pope's visit to Guatemala
Antigua
1. Exterior tracking shot, people making flower carpet to welcome pope to Guatemala City
2. Various of women and children making flower carpet
3. Various of children spreading green powder representing grass
4. Various of...
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EL SALVADOR: AVIATECA PLANE CRASH KILLS 65
1 - 2: El Salvador, Friday 3 - 8: El Salvador, Saturday 9 - 12: Guatemala City, Saturday
1. Aerials of crash site
2. Bodies being taken to chopper
3. Plane waiting for caskets is San Salvador Airport
4. Casket being loaded
5. Soundbite,...
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Amnesty International demo outside Chinese mission
1. Pan from Chinese Embassy to protestors
2. Close-up of Amnesty International protestors chanting "shame on China"
3. Mid shot of police standing
4. Mid shot of protestors, holding signs
5. Pan protestors with signs, chanting "shame on...
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USA: LAWYER ACCUSES GUATEMALAN MILITARY OF FIRE BOMBING HIS CAR
Eng/Spanish/Nat
The lawyer for an American human rights campaigner in Guatemala has accused the Guatemalan military of fire bombing his car at his home in Washington D-C.
It is just the latest in a series of attacks against Jennifer...
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16128705 Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has accepted a Nobel Peace
1"VT+BVU Prize for his plan to end fighting in Central America, yet
talks between representatives of the Nicaraguan government
and...
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WRAP President tours site of massacre, comment, scene
1. Wide of cordon around bodies with security forces in the background
2. Wide of police standing next to building
3. Soldiers standing next to fence
4. Close of dead body with hands tied behind back with string ++GRAPHIC SHOT++
5. Wide...
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Interview with Taiwanese vice-president
1. Various of Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu entering room and greeting people
2. Flags and sign
3. Lu talking to people
4. Lu drinks glass of water
5. Lu seated
6. Officials seated
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Annette Lu, Taiwanese Vice...
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Inauguration of truth commission that will investigate Zelaya coup
1. Exterior of the presidential palace
2. Mid of Honduran officials
3. Mid of OAS (Organisation of American States) Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary-General:
"We won't take...
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GUATEMALA: POLICE SEARCH FOR NEPHEW OF RIGOBERTA MENCHU
Spanish/Nat
Guatemalan police are searching for a nephew of 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, who was kidnapped Saturday in central Guatemala City.
The little boy was snatched from his mother's arms shortly after they both...
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EL SALVADOR: GUATEMALAN BOEING 737 JET CRASH KILLS 65
Spanish/Nat
A Guatemalan jet carrying 65 people on a flight from Miami has crashed into a volcano near El Salvador's capital.
The aircraft was carrying 58 passengers and 7 crew. So far 65 bodies have been found. It is unclear whether...