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PERU: LIMA: 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE EMBASSY SIEGE
Spanish/Nat
One year ago, a band of gun-wielding Tupac Amaru guerrillas stunned the world when they stormed the Japanese Embassy in Lima and took hundreds of hostages.
72 of the captives were held for 126 days until the Peruvian...
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CUBA: IMMIGRANTS HEADING FOR THE US
Spanish/Nat
Accusations flew this week between Washington and Havana over efforts to control the flow of Cuban immigrants headed for U-S shores.
The U-S State Department accuses Cuba of breaching its own rules on immigration, falsely...
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Latin recording superstar gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
AP Television
Los Angeles, 5 August 2010
1. Wide shot of ceremony site
2. Pan of fans
3. Musicians on staircase
4. Recording artist Enrique Iglesias surrounded by media
5. Recording artist/honoree Marco Antonio Solis arrives
6. Camera...
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HONDURAS: US FRUIT COMPANY TO PAY COMPENSATION TO WORKERS
Spanish/Nat
A US fruit company is to pay out 22 (m) million US dollars this month as compensation to thousands of workers severely affected by a pesticide banned in the United States.
The Standard Fruit Company was ordered, last month,...
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NICARAGUA: MAN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS LOCKED IN CHAINS FOR 13 YEARS
Spanish/Nat
A Nicaraguan villager has spent the last 13 years locked in chains without medical help for what his family says is mental illness.
Santo Hermogenes Oviedo has been forced to live under lock and key in a makeshift hut yards...
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Bachelet and rival Matthei hold presidential debate ahead of second round election
Chile's centre-left candidate Michelle Bachelet and her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei squared off in a presidential debate on Friday ahead of next week's presidential second round election.
Bachelet defended promises of major social...
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Def Min inauguration plus memorial for soldiers killed in wars
1. Various of relatives of soldiers killed in combat placing flowers during memorial service
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe Velez, President of Colombia
"With our love for Colombia and affection for our patriots, let's ask our...
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Chile - Pinochet's son condemns father's arrest
The son of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has condemned his father's arrest in London. Augusto Pinochet Hiriart spoke outside the offices of an organisation dedicated to his father in Chile's capital, Santiago. His...
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13 families compensated by US government for car accident at border
1. Widow of deceased immigrant receiving cheque
2. Close up of relative looking on
3. Wide shot of press conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Serafina (surname not provided for security reasons), widow of deceased Mexican illegal...
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18th century treasure hunt
1. Mid-shot of church office records
2. Church records dating back to 1641 in office
3. Various close-shots of handwritten documents
4. Adelaida Leopo showing documents
5. Magnifying glass held to document to identify the name Manso de...
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USA: FLORIDA: CUBAN ANNUAL FLOTILLA (3)
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A flotilla of eight boats left for international waters off Havana on Friday night (0315 Saturday, GMT) for an annual memorial service for those killed when their tugboat was sunk by Cuban authorities six years ago.
About...
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Political crisis amid calls for President's resignation, presser
15 May 2009
1. Wide of Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Colom, President of Guatemala:
"It is interesting that those asking for my resignation are the ones who lost the elections. The ones I beat, one...
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USA: GOVERNMENT'S EASING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Cuban exiles in the U-S have reversed the tide following the Clinton administration's easing of travel restrictions.
The Clinton administration relaxed travel restrictions to the island in October.
But the massive flow of...
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9 more Cuban political prisoners to fly to Spain
18 July 2010
1. Tilt down church to "Ladies in White" protesters, wives and mothers of jailed dissidents
2. Various of "Ladies in White" marching while holding flowers
3. Various of protesters chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "Liberty"
4....
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Colombian authorities announce alleged rebel plot to assassinate former President Alvaro Uribe.
Colombia's Defence Minister said on Tuesday authorities had uncovered a plot by a unit of the country's main leftist rebel group to assassinate former President Alvaro Uribe.
Speaking in Bogota Juan Carlos Pinzon said Uribe had been...
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NICARAGUA: STREET CHILDREN
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of children in Nicaragua spend their days not at school but working or begging for money.
About 70 percent of Nicaragua's population lives in poverty, and close to 1.5 (m) million are children and adolescents.
The...
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Grandson of one of the 'Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo' has been found
An enduring mystery of Argentina's "dirty war" ended on Tuesday with the announcement, at a news conference in Buenos Aires, that a prominent human rights activist has located her grandson, born to her daughter who was killed by the...
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Nine FARC guerrillas killed in attack to free hostages
1. Various of arrival of helicopter carrying hostages
2. Soldiers run to helicopter
3. Soldiers taking a injured hostage out of the helicopter and carrying in an ambulance
4. Soldiers helping the hostages away from the helicopter
5....
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Latest on 33 miners trapped in mine for 3 weeks, sots
1. Various of relative of miner cleaning outside her tent
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Belgica Ramirez, relative of trapped miner:
"As the representative of God, down here, on earth, yes, I believe his messages will reach them and will...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT ORTEGA ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's former president, Daniel Ortega, has been accused of sexual abuse by his stepdaughter.
In a written statement to the press, Zoilamerica Narvรà¸ez Murillo - now aged 30 - said that she had been abused for...
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Cuba dissidents told Spain exile complicates US visa requests
1. Wide shot of US Interest Section
2. Close shot of guard booth
3. Family members of Cuban dissidents outside US Interest Section
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Berta Soler, Wife of imprisoned dissident:
"It's good because many of those who...
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Hearing takes place to decide whether former president is granted home arrest
A Peruvian judge on Friday heard a request from former President Alberto Fujimori to allow him to serve the remainder of a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity under house arrest.
Judge Segundo Morales heard arguments for...
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CUBA: "NOCHE BUENA" CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Spanish/Nat
Cubans have crowded markets to buy pork roasts and other traditional foods for "Noche Buena," which is especially festive this year because of the declaration of December 25 as a permanent holiday.
For Cubans, the family...
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Dozens protest plans to bury former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla in his hometown
1. Various of protesters gathered in central square listening to speaker
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Amesteguia, native of Mercedes:
"It is (the protest) a repudiation of what Videla represents in our history. The greatest genocidist...