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CLEAN : Nicaragua bus accident leaves 16 dead, mostly Venezuelans
Nicaraguan police works at the scene of a road accident in northern Nicaragua that has left 16 people dead, including 13 Venezuelans believed to be migrants, and another 47 people injured (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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+4:3 A look at the proposed vast canal that is to be built across Nicaragua
Legal and environmental concerns about building a 40 billion US dollar canal in Nicaragua to rival the Panama Canal is not dampening excitement in the country about the project.
In the streets of the capital Managua, the government has...
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The remnants of Hurricane Felix could produce as much as 25 inches of rain in some areas. Already, the storm has caused at least nine deaths. It made landfall on Nicaragua's coast. Meanwhile, Hurricane Henriette hits Mexico's Pacific coast.
HEADLINE: Felix weakens, dumps rain in Central America
CAPTION: The remnants of Hurricane Felix could produce as much as 25 inches of rain in some areas. Already, the storm has caused at least nine deaths. It made landfall on Nicaragua's...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES FORGE UNION
Managua, Nicaragua - 2 September 19971. Wide shot of the flags of the nations attending the conference2. Wide shot of President Alvaro Arzu of Guatemala's arrival3. President Carlos Roberto Reina of Honduras's arrival 4. President Jose...
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SYND 6 7 79 SANDINISTA GUERRILLAS IN NICARAGUAN TOWN WITH NATIONAL GUARD PRISONERS
Sandinista guerrillas in the Nicaraguan town of Matagalpa with a group of National Guard prisoners captured after the Sandinistas took the town a month ago.
1. ws people ducking and running along road
2. ms people crossing stream
3. ws...
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Nicaraguan president on free trade agreement
1. Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos entering AP conference room
2. Wide of conference table
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Enrique Bolanos, President of Nicaragua:
"What (former Sandinista President) Daniel Ortega wants is to free from...
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VOICED Operation Walk in Nicaragua
0000 Maria Tellez stepping out of her door in alley in shantytown where she lives
0005 Close up Tellez walking with a bad limp
0010 Various of Tellez preparing food
0020 Tellez in hospital
0027 Various of operation
0037 SOUNDBITE...
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NICARAGUA: CHRISTMAS (V)
Voice and effects
One man in Managua has brought smiles to thousands of Nicaraguan street children this Christmas.
Two years ago Victor Rosales Duarte became the face of Father Christmas for these children.
Moved by the poverty in...
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NICARAGUA: MILITARY TO HELP FIGHT ALARMING WAVE OF VIOLENCE
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan government intends to use members of the military to help its police force in fighting an alarming wave of violence.
Soldiers will train at police academies throughout the nation and will work together with...
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USA: NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT ARNOLDO ALEMAN VISIT
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan President, Arnoldo Aleman, said Wednesday that he was pleased with a ruling by a Miami judge to prevent over 40-thousand Nicaraguan immigrants from being deported.
Aleman has been both to Miami and Washington...
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NICARAGUA: REMAINS OF LOST PRE COLUMBIAN CITY FOUND
Spanish/Nat
A Costa Rican film maker claims he has found the remains of what could be a pre-Columbian city of the Chibcha culture along the Nicaraguan coast.
The remains consist of two igloo-shaped stone formations found in southern...
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Final result in Presidential elections
1. Man letting off firecrackers
2. Firecrackers going off in sky
3. Crowd cheering for President-elect Enrique Bolanos
4. Bolanos arriving
5. More cheering crowds
6. UPSOUND: Bolanos saluting and saying in Spanish "Yes it could be done"...
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NICARAGUA: COMPANIES DENY ACCUSATIONS OF EXPLOITING WORKERS
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan-based companies deny accusations they exploit workers to win orders from firms in the United States.
The companies say the allegations are being fuelled by the media and those jealous of their success.
Meanwhile,...
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President Daniel Ortega meets Ahmadinejad
1. Zoom out from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega shaking hands
2. Various of Ahmadinejad and Ortega sitting down for press conference
3. Iranian and Nicaraguan flags on desk
4. Wide of...
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Officials and doctors on domestic abuse crisis
1. Man hitting a woman
2. Man coming to her rescue
3. Man who hit woman getting kicked and punched
4. Close-shot of woman crying, with blood streaming down face
5. Woman and man who hit her sitting on ground, talking
6. STILLS: Various...
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COLOMBIA: CARTAGENA: BACKGROUNDER ON COLOMBIAN ECONOMY
Spanish/Nat
The summit of the non-aligned movement is focusing on the economic plight of developing nations.
On its final day, leaders vowed to fight for access to the global economic markets dominated by the rich nations.
Its host city,...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: HUNDREDS TAKE PART IN ANTI EARTHQUAKE DRILLS
Spanish/Nat
Earthquake prone Nicaragua has been preparing for the worst.
Project "Managua, Vulnerable City" has been launched with the objective of preparing the population in case of an emergency.
The Swedish organization ASDI had...
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NICARAGUA: FEARS THAT MOMOTOMBO VOLCANO MAY ERUPT
Spanish/Nat
Hundreds of people in Nicaragua have been evacuated or forced to sleep in the open air, after a series of earthquakes rocked the region around the Momotombo volcano.
It's feared that the volcano, 70 km northwest of the...
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NICARAGUA: RESULTS OF GENERAL AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DISPUTED
Managua, Nicaragua, 14 November 1996
1. Various of Ortega's campaign in Managua (October 1996)
2. Set up shot of Ortega at interview
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ortega
4. Wide shot of Violeta Chamorro with U-S ambassador (October 1996)
5....
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Cuban FM Perez Roque on Obama's decision to close Guantanamo
1. Wide of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega greeting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, Ortega shaking hands with another
2. Cutaway of media
3. Ortega and Perez Roque sitting down
4. Wide of meeting
5. Close up of Perez...
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Interim president on talks; ousted president says sent letter to Obama
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Wide of Honduran interim president Roberto Micheletti with guests in Presidential Palace
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto Micheletti, Interim President of Honduras:
"I ask the people to be calm, we have an army,...
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Story: The UK electorate goes to polls on 11th June to choose
the country's government for the next five years. Success
for...
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Thousands march against planned $50 billion inter-oceanic canal project
Several thousand people marched through Nicaragua's capital on Wednesday to protest against a planned 50 (b) billion US dollars inter-oceanic canal project that has residents of some villages fearing they will be displaced.
Demonstrators...
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Contestants compete for title of Miss Latin America Trans
Miss Nicaragua was crowned Miss Latin America Trans 2014 on Wednesday night at an event in the Argentine city of La Plata.
Transsexual contestants from throughout South America competed for the top prize in the second edition of the...