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President on his imminent meeting with pope, on legalising drugs
1. Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala during interview
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala:
"This has turned into something that is an honour and a privilege; that the Pope, after having announced his...
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Top drug investigators arrested in US on smuggling charges
AP Television
1. Armed police arriving at airport in Guatemala City
2. Various of drugs being unloaded from plane
3. Close up of badge, reads: SAIA (Guatemala's Anti-narcotics Analysis and Investigation Service)
4. Drugs being loaded...
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Officials say they have arrested a man for the murder of singer Facundo Cabral
1. Various of police officers escorting Alejandro Jimenez Gonzalez, who is suspected of ordering the attack that ended in the murder of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral
2. Set-up of General Oscar Naranjo, Director, National Police...
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A'math of Trop Storm Agatha; landslides; state of emergency declared
Garita Palmera
1. Various of vast areas flooded by River Paz
2. Various of civil defence volunteers and officials using ropes to help people to get onto dry land
3. Various of areas flooded by River Paz after it burst his banks
4....
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GUATEMALA: BUS FARE RIOTS
Spanish/Natsot
Guatemala bus owners have been forced to roll back a fare increase that sparked a violent ten-day protest in Guatemala City.
President Ramiro Leon de Carpio ordered troops onto the streets and gave them full powers to...
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Guatemalans suffer the effects of the drought
1. Three shots of Guatemalan farmer Jesus Ramirez visiting his corn plantation
2. UPSOUND (Spanish) Jesus Ramirez, farmer (Campesino)
"Right now we are suffering now that the milpas are lost, in other years I have got corn for the whole...
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Preps ahead of this weekend's presidential elections
1. Presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchu with voter
2. Close Menchu greeting journalist
3. Mid Menchu greeting supporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rigoberta Menchu, presidential candidate, Encuentro por Guatemala party
"We are certain...
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SHOWS: Soldiers running out from the presidential Palace;
Guatemala tanks in streets; people running for cover; General Oscar
City Mejia, former Defence Min, being sworn in as President;
Victores making statement...
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GUATEMALA: CUBAN DC-10 AIRLINER CRASH UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
At least three people are known to have died when a Cuban plane, bringing Guatemalan students home for the holidays, skidded off a runway before slamming into cement-block shacks nearby.
The Cubana de Aviacion flight from...
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Arrivals and preparations for meeting of Central American leaders
1. Arrival of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, at his Presidential residence
2. Cutaway of media
3. Arrival of Guatemalan president, Alvaro Colom
4. Arrival of Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega
5. Medium to close-up of...
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Taiwanese president meets Centam leaders
1. Guatemalan President Oscar Berger (on right) walking up the stairs
2. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (on left) and Salvadorean President Antonio Saca
3. Zelaya walking with Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian
4. Various of meeting
5....
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GUATEMALA: GUATEMALANS BEGIN CELEBRATING PEACE UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Rebels and government officials in Guatemala will sign a peace agreement on Sunday ending Latin America's longest running civil war.
In the 36 years of fighting, 140-thousand people died and a further 100-thousand have fled...
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SYND 7/2/80 FUNERAL OF MURDERED SPANISH CONSUL TO GUATEMALA
Scenes at the funeral of Spanish Consul in Guatemala Jaime Ruiz del ÄżËrbol, who was killed during storming of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City on the 31st of January by Guatemala government forces, against the orders of the...
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Central and South American militaries hold joint excercises to fight drug cartels
1. Various of military contingents from different countries (all from the American continent) ahead of the joint exercises
2. Wide of authorities during speeches
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rear Admiral Thomas L. Brown, Commander, US Special...
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GUATEMALA: FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC VISIT
French/Nat
French President Jacques Chirac is the latest figure to lend international support to regions in Central America devastated by Hurricane Mitch.
Chirac arrived in Guatemala on Saturday to express his sympathy and offer...
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WRAP Hospital news conference after surgery to separate twins
17 August 2006
1. Medium shot of sign ("Welcome little angels") and balloons in neonatal wing of Roosevelt Hospital
2. Medium shot surgical team departs intensive care room
3. Medium shot Angela Leticia Pilo in intensive care room
4....
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Official welcoming by Guatemalan President to Bush; Bush visits ruins
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1. Guatemala president Oscar Berger and US President George W. Bush and First Ladies entering ceremony to deliver speeches
2. Wide of ceremony
3. George W. Bush and Laura Bush
4. Wide of Bush approaching...
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Day of the Dead celebrations across the region
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 1 November 2011
1. Wide of man representing Baron Samedi, a spirit of the dead, at cemetery
2. Mid of man representing Baron Samedi holding human bone and drinking rum
3. Mid of man putting white powder on man...
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Guatemala - Volcano erupts prompting evacuation
The Pacaya volcano, about 35 kilometres (20 miles) south of Guatemala City, erupted on Wednesday (20/05), prompting officials to evacuate towns at the foot of the volcano. In the capital itself, the airport was closed as up to a...
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Reax as top court overturns genocide conviction, order resumption of trial
Guatemala City - 10 May 2013
1. Wide of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt taking a seat at his trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
2. Close up of Rios Montt putting on headphones to listen to verdict in...
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Guatemala - Bomb Explosion / Aftermath
Guatemalan police stepped up security in the capital Guatemala City on Monday (3/4) after a bomb exploded near the presidential palace during a meeting between President Ramiro de Leon and UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali....
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McAfee says he plans to seek asylum in Guatemala
1. Various of John McAfee, software company founder, speaking to his lawyer and girlfriend in restaurant
2. Various of Telesforo Guerra, McAfee's lawyer, and McAfee speaking in restaurant, UPSOUND: (English):
(Guerra): "There is no...
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Authorities detain 5th ex-policeman suspected in killing of Salvadoran politicians
1. Various of journalists surrounding fifth arrested police officer Marvin Roberto Contreras
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marvin Roberto Contreras, arrested police officer
"I am innocent, I will prove it."
3. Various of Contreras being filmed...
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WRAP Anti-Bush protests ahead of his visit to the region
Montevideo - 10 March 2007
1. Protesters carrying banner, reading in Spanish: "Down with the Genocidal Killer Bush", walking towards US Ambassador's residence
2. Riot police blocking protester's path to Ambassador's residence
3. Close...