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Colombian artist transforms image of drug town
AP Television
Medellin - 10 August 2011
1. Mid of Medellin city skyline, with giant Fernando Botero painting on side of building
2. High shot of Plaza de Botero (Botero Square), sky train passing by
3. Tilt down horse sculpture
4. Mid of...
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East meets west at Hong Kong art show
Gu Wenda's installation, 'United Nations: Man & Space' is towering over the entrance to Hong Kong's Art Basel, a modern and contemporary art show.
Made entirely of human hair, it's part of an ongoing project that the artist has...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Colombian artist Botero returns home with a
CLEAN: Colombian artist Botero returns home with a
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Botero inaugura El Circo en Colombia
El conocido artista colombiano Fernando Botero inaugura en Medellin su ultimo trabajo llamado El Circo un homenaje al arte nomada
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Colombian artist hits 80 with no plans to retire
CLEAN: Colombian artist hits 80 with no plans to retire
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COLOMBIA: POLITICAL SCANDAL OVER ALLEGED DRUGS BRIBES
Spanish/Nat
Political scandal is growing around Colombian President Ernesto Samper.
Opponents of Ernesto Samper and many Colombians are calling for his resignation after testimony that he approved a 6.1 (m) million dollar (U-S) donation...
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UK: COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER LOSES POLITICAL SUPPORT
Spanish/Nat
Colombian President Ernesto Samper is losing political support following the crisis sparked by allegations his election campaign was funded by the Cali drug cartel.
The latest blow was the resignation of one of the leading...
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Preview of Latam art auction
1. Wide Sotherby's Auction House
2. Wide pan of gallery
3. Close up "L'Eau" by Roberto Matta, 1939 (Estimated to be worth 1.2 -1.8 (m) million US dollars)
4. Wide of group of visitors by Fernando Botero's "the Musicians", 1979
5....
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COLOMBIA: ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO DONATES ART COLLECTION
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's famous artist Fernando Botero has donated his personal art collection containing works of some of the greatest painters of the twentieth century - including his own - to the cities of Bogota and Medallin.
The...
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COLOMBIA: POLITICAL ELITE
Spanish/Nat
The narcotics scandal in Colombia has done more than establish the extent of the drug cartels' power.
It has opened up a Pandora's Box for the political elite which could change forever the way Colombia is governed....
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COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY
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The Colombian government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, one day after the arrest of a former defence minister on charges of using drug money to finance President Ernesto Samper's 1994 election campaign.
But...
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COLOMBIA: DRUGS SCANDAL ROCKS GOVERNMENT
Spanish/Nat
Scandal continues to rock Colombian President Ernesto Samper as allegations continue that his election team accepted millions of dollars from one of the world's most powerful drugs cartels.
The allegations have plunged the...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING DRUGS MONEY
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's defence minister has hit back at allegations that he financed the president's election campaign with drug money.
But U-S officials have long suspected that President Ernesto Samper's campaign accepted drug...
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Colombian painter Botero celebrates his 80th birthday with children at his museum
1. Colombian artist Fernando Botero and family arriving at museum and greeting officials and friends
2. Wide of school children with banner reading: (Spanish) "Happy Birthday Fernando Botero"
3. Mid of children with books Botero has...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT SAMPER PREPARING TO ADDRESS CONGRESS
Spanish/Nat
Colombian President Ernesto Samper is preparing to address Congress in what many observers consider to be a last-ditch effort to salvage his presidency.
Samper will give his address before the legislative body debates his...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT SAMPER'S REACTION TO ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST HIM
Spanish/Nat
President Ernesto Samper, on Thursday, denied allegations he promised Cali drug leaders a plea bargain in order to secure their surrender.
The allegations were made on Wednesday by Guillermo Pallomari, former chief ...
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Colombia - President Denies Role In Drug Industry
President denies role in drug industry
Colombian President Ernesto Samper went on nationwide television
on Sunday (6/8) to deny any involvement in a high-level drug
corruption scandal. He said that the arrest of cartel kingpin
Miguel...
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Sotheby's sale featuring Mexican painter Tamayo's work found in garbage in Manhattan
New York City - 20 November 2007
1. Southeby's Building
2. Sotheby's auction room, during latin art auction
New York City, New York 19 November 2007
3. Various Robert Matta's "Et at it"
New York City -19 November 2007
4. End of the...
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UK: COLOMBIA: KIDNAP OF BRITISH DIPLOMAT OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED
Spanish/Nat
There has been official word from Colombia of the kidnap by leftist rebels of a British diplomat two weeks ago.
The capture of Timothy Cowley, assistant to the defence attache in Bogota, was kept secret while Colombian...
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Major works of Latam art preview ahead of exhibition
1. Wide exterior of Christie's art dealers
2. Painting : "El Domingo por la Tarde", Fernando Botero
3. Close of "El Domingo por la Tarde"
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Virgilio Garza, Christie's head of Latin American Art:
"It's one of...
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COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Colombians are glued to their television sets and radios following the government's decision to declare a 90-day state of emergency.
The move comes 24 hours after the arrest of former Defence Minister Fernando Botero for...
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Colombia - Election Treasurer Arrested
Colombian police arrested the treasurer of President Ernesto
Samper's election campaign on Wednesday (26/7) for allegedly
receiving money from the Cali drug cartel. Television news reports
showed Santiago Medina, an antiques dealer who...
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Colombia - Drugs Cartel Leader Arrested
More than 2,000 police and soldiers in Colombia swept through the
city of Cali on Thursday (2/3) night and arrested one of the seven
leaders of the Cali drugs cartel, Defence Minister Fernando Botero
said Friday. Jorge Rodriguez Orejuela...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER RELEASED FROM PRISON
Spanish/Nat
The release on Thursday of Colombia's former Defence Minister Fernando Botero, jailed for funding President Ernesto Samper's last electoral campaign with drug money, has provoked public outrage.
Botero returned to his...