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+4:3 Court convicts former leader on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
Guatemala City -10 May 2013
1. Various of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt taking seat and putting on headphones to listen to verdict in his trial AUDIO: Crowds in courtroom jeering, some are yelling (Spanish) "Murderer"
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GUATEMALA: FUNERAL OF MURDERED BISHOP JUAN GERARDI CONEDERA
Spanish/Nat
Ten-thousand Guatemalans gathered Wednesday at the funeral of murdered Roman Catholic bishop, Juan Gerardi Conedera.
Bishop Gerardi was bludgeoned to death last Sunday after publishing a report on army abuses during three...
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Central American group discuss effects of US financial crisis
1. Various of meeting of Central American Integration System (SICA) group
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, Honduran President:
"And such a freedom turned in Wall Street into a system of debauchery and this is directly affecting...
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GUATEMALA/ANTIGUA: EASTER CELEBRATIONS
Spanish/Nat
Guatemala hosts some of the most traditional and beautiful Easter processions in Latin America.
For thousands of Catholics, this is a week for reflection and repentance, but also a time to enjoy the colour of the floats as...
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GUATEMALA: MASS GRAVES MAY BE EVIDENCE OF GUERRILLA MASSACRES
Chacalte, Quiche, Guatemala, 1 September 1997
Spanish/Nat
1. Various of skeletons and skull in grave.
2. Pan of excavation site.
3. Close up of digging.
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Federico Reyes, anthropologist.
5. Various of...
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Seminar on migration debate in US
1. Wide view of top of Mexico's foreign ministry building
2. Close up of sign and emblem of Mexico's foreign ministry
3. Mid shot, then zoom out of conference participants arriving
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jorge Bustamante, United...
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New president inaugurated, former dictator loses immunity
Guatemala City - 14 Jan 2004
1. Pan up soldier
2. Security on the day of the presidential inauguration
3. Exterior Congress building
4. Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt who also competed for the presidency
5. Poster 'Wanted Montt'...
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WRAP Guatemala declares emergency, Colombia reax; Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Graciela OcaÄżËa, Argentine Health Minister:
"We want to say that of the 14 samples that we received today from the Malbran Institute, one of them tested...
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Heavy rains trigger two landslides, at least 38 dead
1. Firefighters, police and volunteers around a bus covered by a mudslide
2. Pan of the point in the highway were all mudslides happened, bulldozer removing rocks and mud, people watching
3. Various of passengers from the bus who made...
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Hundreds march in protest against killing of six rural workers by police
1. Pan of union members singing workers' song during demonstration against killing of at least six rural workers during confrontation with military police in early October 2012
2. Wide of union members marching
3. Mid of protesters...
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GUATEMALA: FIRST EVER EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION CARRIED OUT
Natural Sound
The first ever execution by lethal injection in Guatemala was administered to a self-confessed multiple assassin on Tuesday.
Manuel Martinez Coronado admitted to killing seven members of a family, including four minors in...
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GUATEMALA: POSSIBLE END TO 5 DAY REBELLION OVER PEACE AGREEMENT
Spanish/Nat
Hundreds of Guatemalan military police are preparing to turn in their weapons ending a five-day rebellion over terms of the peace agreement.
The police have been holding a military compound since Wednesday demanding severance...
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GUATEMALA: PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING FATE OF REBEL LEADER QUITS
Spanish/Nat
The special prosecutor trying to discover the fate of a rebel leader has resigned from the investigation in Guatemala.
Julio Eduardo Arango Escobar denied that a series of death threats had prompted his decision to quit.
He...
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GUATEMALA: DEATH OF AMERICAN INNKEEPER UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
There's a new twist to the controversy surrounding the killing of an American innkeeper in Guatemala.
A Guatemalan soldier jailed for the murder says the killing was ordered by a senior army officer.
The killing of an...
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USA:WASHINGTON: JENNIFER HARBURY WINS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD: UPDATE
English/Nat
Nicaraguan activist Bianca Jagger has added her voice to those denouncing America's support for Guatemala's military operations.
Jagger presented American lawyer, Jennifer Harbury with a human rights award for her role in...
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Guatemala - Murder of bishop
Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, 75, an outspoken human rights activist, was murdered late on Sunday (26/7). Details of Gerardi's killing remained sketchy on Monday morning (27/4), but church officials said he was beaten to death by...
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PERU: LIMA: GOVERNMENT REJECT REQUEST FROM LEFTIST REBELS
Spanish/Nat
Peru's government on Thursday rejected a rebel request that Guatemala take part in mediation to end a month-old hostage crisis.
At the same time the hostage takers broke off talks because the government said it will not...
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GUATEMALA: COLONEL JULIO ROBERTO ALPIREZ SUSPENDED
Spanish/Nat
A Guatemalan army colonel and C-I-A informant accused of being involved in the murder of an American has been suspended from his post.
President Ramiro de Leon Carpio suspended Col. Julio Roberto Alpirez amid allegations ...
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Venezuelan aid arrives for earthquake victims
Guatemala City, Guatemala - 10 November 2012
1. Wide of Guatemalan soldiers marching toward Venezuelan plane to receive aid
2. Mid of soldiers unloading aid from plane
3. Mid of plane
4. Wide of aid being unloaded
5. Tracking shot of...
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Colombian, Mexican and Central American leaders on two day summit
1. Various of demonstrations marching to the hotel where the summit takes place
2. Various of demonstrators outside the hotel where the summit takes place
3. Various of authorities and demonstrators outside the hotel where the summit...
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GUATEMALA: ADOPTIONS & UNWANTED CHILDREN
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The Central American country Guatemala has become one of the world's leading exporters of unwanted children.
Various factors ranging from war to natural disasters have led the country to rank just below China, Russia and...
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AP intvw with president elect Alvaro Colom
1. Set-up of Guatemalan President-elect Alvaro Colom ++MUTE++
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan president-elect:
"We are very conscious that changes in Guatemala have to be gradual, firm, but gradual. There cannot be...
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USA: RAPE OF US STUDENTS IN GUATEMALA PROMPTS OUTRAGE
English/Nat
The shocking robbery and rape of American college students in Guatemala has prompted outrage in the United States and calls to the end of lawlessness in Guatemala.
Last week a busload of students on a study trip was hijacked...
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GUATEMALA : WOMAN ACTIVIST HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF INDIANS
A woman activist in Guatemala is bringing the plight of Indian women to the world's attention.
Defying death threats and violence against her followers, Justina Tzoc (Too'x) - a 40- year-old Quiche Indian - has launched a campaign to...