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Reaction to Morales victory in recall referendum
La Paz
1. Wide of OAS (Organisation of American States) news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Eduardo Stein, OAS mission leader and former Guatemalan Vice President:
"Luckily the concerns about the possibility that this referendum...
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WRAP Arrivals, comments ADDS leaders give presser at regional summit
San Jose - 16 December 2006
1. Pan from cameramen to wide of presidents at press conference
2. Various of presidents conversing
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Enrique Bolanos, Nicaraguan President:
"We are talking about integration. We Central...
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Putin says he does not expect quick answer from Bush on missiles
1. Wide pan of presidential palace
2. Guatemalan President Oscar Berger and Russian President Vladimir Putin at balcony
3. Tilt down to news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:
"I am satisfied with...
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GUATEMALA: TWO MEN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Natural Sound
Two men were executed in Guatemala on Friday by a firing squad.
The two were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a four-year-old girl three years ago.
The execution was the first to take place in...
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Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt testifies for the first time at his genocide trial
1. Wide of photographers taking pictures of court officials in courtroom
2. Mid of police officers
3. Mid of Efrain Rios Montt, former Guatemalan dictator, putting on headphones and sitting down to make statements
4. Mid of people from...
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Five years after the war Guatemala continues to bury victims
Santa Maria Nebaj, Quiche Province - 27 July 2001
1. Human remains being prepared for transportation
2. Relatives preparing/handling the remains
3. Mural with names of the victims
4. Indigenous woman holding candle
5. Men carrying...
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SYND 7 2 76 AFTERMATH OF EARTHQUAKE IN GUATEMALA CITY.
1. various shots and pans damaged houses and workmen clearing rubble
2. ms makeshift tents
3. ms children
4. ms damaged houses
5. mc children, pan to tents
6. vs women cooking a meal in the open
7. vs injured men
8. ms...
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GUATEMALA: US ENVOY THOMAS MCLARTY VISITS REBEL CAMP
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U-S President Bill Clinton's envoy to the Americas has visited a rebel camp in Guatemala to show his country's support for peace.
Thomas McLarty was in Guatemala for a two-day trip ahead of the coming rebel ...
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6th Summit of the Americas opens, arrivals, security, preps
1. Wide of old city buildings
2. Mid of soldier watching from ramparts
3. Mid of soldiers with dogs checking cars at entrance
4. Set-up President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala enters room
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Otto Perez Molina,...
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Ministry presents Mayan artefacts
Guatemala City, Guatemala - 21 March 2006
1. Clip from a video presentation showing the site where artefacts were uncovered, in Palabor, San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango
2. Wide of press conference
3. Pan of artefacts
4. Mayan...
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4:3 Massacre in north leaves 29 dead ADDS more, GRAPHIC
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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LATIN AMERICA: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR POPE'S VISIT: 1ST UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Faithful Catholics in Central and Latin America are putting the final touches to preparations for Pope John Paul the Second's visit.
The Pope will spend eight days in the region, with stops in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El ...
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Former dictator on trial accused of brutality towards Mayan indians
1. Tracking shot of Jose Efrain Rios Montt, former Guatemalan dictator walking into courtroom
2. Mid of women from the Ixil (name of the Maya community in Guatemala) indigenous group in the courtroom
3. Rios Montt greeting the...
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ONLY ON AP Authorities crack down on migrants trying to reach US on infamous train known as "the Beast"
Authorities in Mexico are undertaking the largest crackdown in decades on illegal migration.
The move has decreased the flow of Central Americans trying to reach the United States, and has dramatically cut the number of child migrants...
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Ex-Guatemalan dictator injured in protest
1. Wide shot of protest
2. Mid shot of protesters throwing stones to Rios Montt
3. Mid shot of protesters yelling and throwing stones
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, President of Congress:
"What is this? You don't respect...
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Anti-Bush protest ahead of visit, religious ceremony
1. Wide of anti-Bush protesters holding banner reading (Spanish): "Get out, organised crime" marching towards US embassy
2. Wide of anti-Bush protesters holding banners reading (Spanish): "Get out, organised crime" and "Get out, Bush"...
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Conservative candidate leads in presidential election
Night shots
1. Various fireworks
2. Oscar Berger holding up campaign flag
3. Crowd
4. Berger with other party officials
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Berger, presidential candidate
"I'm overwhelmed. What can I say? I'm going to be...
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EL SALVADOR: AIRLINER CRASHES INTO SIDE OF VOLCANO
Natural Sound
All 65 people aboard a Guatemalan airliner are now known to have died when it slammed into a volcano in El Salvador.
The plane, which was on a flight from Miami to San Salvador, struck Chichontepec volcano.
The dead...
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Leaders give presser at regional summit
1. Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos arriving
2. Nicaragua Secretary of State, Norman Caldera , and Guatemala President, Oscar Berger talking
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Berger, President of Guatemala:
"I believe like others that...
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WRAP Final round of Guatemalan presidential elections, ADDS Colom and Perez Molina voting
1. Wide of street outside a polling station in Guatemala City
2. Polling station opening gates and people entering
3. Close-up of sheet of paper showing photos of candidates
4. Mid of table with election staff and voter waiting to...
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GUATEMALA CITY: JET FUEL EXPLOSION KILLS THREE
Spanish/Nat
A soldier and two firefighters were killed Sunday in a jet fuel explosion near a military depot in Guatemala City.
Several people were injured in the blast and hundreds of others had to be evacuated.
The Guatemalan...
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GUATEMALA: FOREIGN PRESIDENTS ARRIVE FOR PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNING
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Thousands of Guatemalans have marched in the capital to show their support for leftist rebels, hours before the signing of a final peace agreement to end 36 years of civil war.
The government and rebels of the Guatemalan...
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At least 22 people killed in landslide caused by heavy rains, 30 others missing, feared dead
1. Workers carrying body on stretcher
2. Woman crying
3. River running by, past landslide
4. Emergency workers walking past with spades
5. People digging at site of landslide
6. Pan of river base with workers
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
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Guatemalan ex-police officer goes on trial in 1980 fire at Spanish embassy that killed 37
The trial of a former police chief charged with the death of 37 people in a fire at the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City in 1980 began on Wednesday.
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, whose father Vicente died in the fire, is a plaintiff...