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Guatemala - Bishop found dead
Bishop beaten to death
Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, 75, an outspoken human rights activist, was murdered late on Sunday (26/4). Church officials said he was beaten to death by unidentified assailants at his residence, three blocks...
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SYND 6 2 76 AFTERMATH BODIES BULLDOZED
Aftermath bodies bulldozed
1 gv people in street 2 ms wrecked building and pan rubble 3 ms toy at window and zoom to building 4 ms medical centre in open5 cu injured people 6 cu new born baby 7 gv bodies in courtyard8 ms pan bodies 9...
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GUATEMALA: PRESIDENT ARZU ATTENDS INAUGURATION OF NEW ARMED POLICE
Spanish/Nat
Guatemala's president Alvaro Arzu attended the inaugural ceremony, on Tuesday, of a new armed police force set up to keep the peace after 36 years of civil war.
The ceremony, in the capital Guatemala City, featured the...
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ITALY: VATICAN: BISHOPS ATTEND SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AMERICA
Spanish/Nat
Latin American bishops have blamed foreign debt, multinational corporate greed and corrupting U-S influence for the plight of millions across their continent.
The Roman Catholic bishops were among nearly 300 attending a...
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Self-proclaimed 'Antichrist' cancels visit to Guatemala
1. Wide of stage at "Growing in Grace" event with followers gathered
2. Choir singing on stage
3. Close-up of tattoo on woman's leg
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Bishop Carlos Cestero, close associate of "Growing in Grace" leader Jose Luis de...
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Guatemala - Man executed by lethal injection
A man convicted of killing seven people in 1995 was executed by
lethal injection Tuesday morning (10/2) in Fraijanes, Guatemala.
Manuel Martinez Coronado, 33, was put to death a day after
marrying his girlfriend.
Martinez was convicted...
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GUATEMALA: STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER BUS FARES
Spanish/Nat
Students clashed with police in Guatemala over a hike in bus fares on Thursday.
The clashes left several people injured and one journalist dead.
The riot comes during a wave of social unrest in the country.
More than half of...
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GUATEMALA: GOVERNMENT & LEFTIST REBELS TO SIGN AN ACCORD IN MADRID
Spanish/Nat
The Guatemalan government and leftist rebels will sign an accord in Madrid Thursday on the integration of the guerrillas into civilian life.
The accord is part of a peace agreement to end the country's 36-year-old civil...
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Spain seeks arrest of former Guatemalan minister
1. Various of newspaper articles about Former Guatemala Interior Minister Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz
2. Activists outside house where Alvarez Ruiz is rumoured to live
3. Close-up of shirt with photo of disappeared person
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Presidents discuss free trade with US
1. Presidents of Central America in meeting
2. Nicaragua President, Enrique Bolaå˜os
3. Presidents arriving at news conference
4. Presidents at news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Oscar Berger, Guatemala President:
"I thought that...
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FRANCE: PEACE PRIZE GOES TO GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT & REBEL LEADER
French/Span/Nat
Guatemalan President Alvaro Arzu and guerrilla leader Rolando Moran were awarded UNESCO's Peace Prize for their role in ending their country's 36-year-old civil war.
The two signed a series of peace accords last December...
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Interview with Guatemalan Nobel Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchu
1. Wide of Presidential Candidate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu being photographed
2. Close of Menchu
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemalan Presidential Candidate and Nobel Peace Prize Winner:
"We come...
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Guatemala quake deaths increase to 52, expected to rise, damage, injured
1. Various of rescue workers digging to recover body
2. Body being wrapped in blanket
3. Son of buried worker crying after identifying the body UPSOUND: (Spanish) "It's my papa!."
4. Mid of woman crying UPSOUND (Spanish) "My...
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Supporters, opponents of president protest over lawyer's killing
1. Various of march in support of Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, protesters holding banners and placards
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Domingo Garcia, Supporter of Guatemalan President Colom:
"We are here to support Colom, because he is...
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Prison riot quelled after gunmen kill suspects in politicians' deaths
February 26, 2007
1. Various of police unit entering "El Boqueron" prison premises after riot
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Matus, Case Prosecutor:
"If it is true, what is being said about the case, the public ministry ought to be...
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Guatemala envoy on corruption crisis
Washington DC, 4 October 2004
1. Organisation of American States (OAS) headquarters
2. Caribbean members
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Francico Villagran, Guatemalan Ambassador to the OAS:
"What I can tell you is that the OAS is not a forum...
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USA: REACTION TO THE RAPES & ROBBERY OF US STUDENTS IN GUATEMALA
English/Nat
President Bill Clinton on Monday decried the ambush of a group of American college students in Guatemala as "a terrible thing".
The rapes and robbery of students and staff members from St. Mary's College in Maryland has...
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GUATEMALA: FORGED TICKETS MAY HAVE CAUSED SOCCER STADIUM DISASTER
Spanish/Nat
The world soccer association -- FIFA -- says the large number of forged tickets for Wednesday night's World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala may have triggered the stampede that killed over 70 people and injured around...
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Former dictator reacts as judge rules he must face genocide charges
1. Wide of Guatemala Supreme Court
2. Mid of peace sign made in rose petals on grass
3. Tilt up from photos of victims to people protesting outside court
4. Mid of court hearing
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carol Patricia Flores, Judge:...
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Volcano explodes in series of powerful eruptions near tourist attractions
1. Zoom in to eruption at Volcan de Fuego (Volcano of Fire)
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adela Figueroa, evacuee:
"There was an explosion around 10 a.m. (1600 GMT). It was like a storm coming down. And it brought about all this smoke and it...
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PERU: LIMA: HOSTAGE CRISIS: REBELS HAVE NO PLAN TO KILL CAPTIVES
Spanish/Nat
Peruvian rebels holding 74 hostages at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima on Wednesday said they don't plan to kill any of their captives.
They had agreed earlier in the day to accept government proposals for...
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USA: JESUS TECU OSORIO RECEIVES REEBOK HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
Spanish/Nat
A man who survived a massacre in Guatemala in which his entire community was wiped out, has received a human rights award.
Jesus Tecu Osorio was awarded the Reebok human rights award.
Tecu met with Guatemala human rights...
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4:3 Central American leaders meet on anti-drug security
1. Various of representatives in meeting
2. Mid of Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and officials
3. Wide of officials
4. Wide of meeting, flags, large banner reading (Spanish) "For a Safe Central America"
5. Wide of officials
6....
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GUATEMALA: 5 US STUDENTS RAPED IN BUS AMBUSH UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Guatemalan security forces arrested two suspects and were hunting down five others on Monday after five American college students were raped in an ambush of their bus.
The rapes and robbery of students and faculty from St....