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STORY: Nicaraguans may have hoped they were voting for peace
and prosperity in the February election, but there are...
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A look at one of the central issues of Nicaragua's elections.
November 3, 2001
1. Mid shot Nicaraguan Flag and Sandina's Statue, pull out to show Cathedral
2. Mid shot of crows on Cathedral grounds
3. Wide shot pan of property
4. Various of Daniel Ortega's home in Managua
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)...
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RR8001/1 NICARAGUA: AFTER THE REVOLUTION / CUTS 1 OF 2 PART 2
Background to Story: Nicaragua has had a revolutionary government since
July 1979, when the Sandinista guerrillas forced the military-backed Somoza
himself to go into exile. The new government of national reconstruction has
promised no...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: US DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OPENS OFFICE
Spanish/Nat
The U-S Drug Enforcement Administration (D-E-A) has opened an office in the Nicaraguan capital, in the latest move to combat the drug trade.
The D-E-A's presence in Managua shows the warming of relations between the U-S and...
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Protest marches as political crisis continues
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 17 July 2009
1. Wide of Zelaya supporters marching on road
2. Demonstrators shouting (Spanish) "Roberto Goriletti (referring to interim President Roberto Micheletti) out."
3. Riot police standing on side of road...
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Polls close in Presidential elections
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1. Exterior of polling station
2. Polling booth official empties ballots onto table
3. Close-up people watching
4. Various of official sorting ballot papers, UPSOUND (Spanish) of official counting votes
5....
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NICARAGUA: TWO IRRECONCILABLE POLITICAL ENEMIES JOIN FORCES
Spanish/Nat
A political sensation in Nicaragua - two seemingly irreconcilable enemies have joined forces.
Nicaragua's former left-wing president, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, has won the backing of the former Contras - now the...
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NICARAGUA: NEW CANDIDATES CHOSEN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan political parties are this week selecting new candidates to run for the presidency after three key candidates were barred by the electoral commission.
Antonio Lacayo, leading in the opinion polls, was disqualified...
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Zelaya's presser at the border of Nicaragua and Honduras
1. Motorcade of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya travelling from Managua to Esteli
2. Supporters of Zelaya at the hotel in Esteli where he is staying
3. Supporters of Zelaya applauding, Zelaya seated in front of microphones for...
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USA: AID AND DEBT BOOST FOR CENTRAL AMERICA
Eng/Spanish/Nat
The United States plans to boost aid to areas of Central America hit by Hurricane Mitch to 370 (m) million U-S dollars, as well as asking Congress to cancel most of the debt owed by Honduras and Nicaragua.
That's...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT VIOLETA CHAMORRO
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Nicaragua has voted in a new parliamentary leadership against the opposition of the Sandinista hard-liners.
The victory signals further progress for President Violeta Chamorro's government in continuing constitutional...
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Bolivian, Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan leaders hold summit
1. Wide of news conference
2. Bolivian President Evo Morales (left) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (right)
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President:
"All parts agree to create a network of food commercialisation of...
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Press conference by ousted Honduran president Zelaya
1. Various of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at a news conference in the Honduran Embassy in Managua
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, ousted Honduran President:
"If the international community allows this coup, if they...
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NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATION LATEST
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan National Assembly will decide in 30 days whether or not it strips former President Daniel Ortega from his parliamentary immunity so that he can be tried for alleged sexual abuse.
Ortega's stepdaughter -...
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NICARAGUA: TURTLES FACE THREAT FROM HUNGRY PEASANTS
Spanish/Nat
As Nicaragua's turtles crawl up the beaches for their annual egg-laying, the animals face a new threat from hungry people.
The endangered turtle population is threatened by peasants who dig up the eggs, knowing the supposed...
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NICARAGUA: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE MITCH
Spanish/Nat
A rescue operation is underway across Central America to help thousands of survivors in a region ravaged by Hurricane Mitch.
At least nine-thousand people are known to have been killed and (m) millions are homeless across...
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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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First session of new Congress, preps for inauguration of Ortega
1. Various police and sniffer dogs checking vehicles
2. Wide of police on roof of General Assembly building
3. Various of legislators being sworn in
4. Various of legislators clapping and shaking hands
5. Mid of Supreme Electoral...
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Central American trade ministers meet
1. Wide shot of protestors outside Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
2. Protesters holding banners and posters against Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
3. More of protesters
4. Wide shot of press conference
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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WRAP First day as president for Ortega, signs trade pact; vox pops; Morales
1. Wide of (left to right) new Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado, as they sign a socialist trade pact
2. Medium of Morales and...
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NICARAGUA : MYSTERY DISEASE STRIKES REMOTE ACHUAPA REGION
Spanish/Nat
Doctors are investigating a mystery disease which has killed 12 people and infected almost 900 more in a remote area of Nicaragua.
The illness has all the symptoms of dengue, but clinical tests for the disease have proved...
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New magnitude-6.6 quake shakes Nicaragua; hundreds of homes damaged from earlier quake
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook Nicaragua on Friday afternoon, sending people running frightened into the streets less than 24 hours after a magnitude-6.1 quake rattled the country.
There were no immediate reports of new casualties or...
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SYND 29 11 78 NICARAGUIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALFONSO ROBELO REFUSING TO TAKE PART IN A PLEBISCITE
Nicaraguan opposition leader Alfonso Robelo reiterates the refusal of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement to take part in a plebiscite while President Somoza is still in the country.
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) cu Rubelo speaks
2. cu...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA ATTENDS MASS RALLY
Managua, Nicaragua - 19 July 19971. Sandinista supporters arriving on motorbikes to Plaza de la Revolucion2. Crowds of Sandinista supporters biking to Plaza de la Revolucion3. Sandinista supporter arriving to Plaza de la Revolucion by...