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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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USA: NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT CHAMORRO RECOVERS AFTER BACK SURGERY
Span/Eng/Nat
Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro is recovering in a U-S hospital after a back surgery- but debate grows at home about whether her absence could delay the October presidential elections.
67-year-old Chamorro was...
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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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Five Central American leaders meet President Bush to speak about trade
1. Wide shot of limousine entering US White House driveway
2. Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos stepping out of limousine
3. Limousine entering driveway
4. Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras, arriving at the White House
5....
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT UPSET BY UN INTERFERENCE OVER IMF LOAN
Managua, Nicaragua - 20 October 1997
1. Wide shot market
2. Old woman eating
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox Pop, Cristobal Cruz
4. People pulling cart
5. People in market
6. Set up of Catalina Hernandez
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox Pop,...
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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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President elect Bolanos meets US Secretary of State Powell
1. Wide of Nicaraguan president-elect Enrique Bolanos and US Secretary of State Colin Powell coming in and shaking hands
2. Cutaway photographer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
"I assure the president elect...
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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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(dur: 6 minutes 57 seconds / eng. sot: 2 minutes 14 seconds)
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...
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WRAP Fmr president Carter presser as elex observer, plus Ortega visual
1. Introduction of former US President, Jimmy Carter, at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States:
"We are very pleased at the much improved plans for this election, the technical plans...
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16.2.90 (dur: 6 mins 12 secs/eng.sot 53 secs)
RR STORY: Nicaragua's one and three-quarter million voters go to
the polls on February 25 in what are widely regarded as
crucial elections and a key...
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Preparations for approach of Hurricane Beta
1. Palm trees under wind and rain
2. Various of sea shore
3. Wooden bridge
4. Girl listening to the radio
5. Bridge with fishing boats in the background
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Hurtado Garcia Baker, Governor of the Autonomous Atlantic...