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Colombia President Uribe shakes hands with Chavez, Correa
1. Pan of summit, officials clapping
2. Mid of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
3. Mid of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (right)
4. Uribe walking over to shake hands with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa
5. Venezuelan...
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Drill on 30th anniversary of devastating earthquake
1. Fire engine driving through earthquake drill, UPSOUND earth quake siren
2. Firefighters during exercise
3. Nicaraguan National Army during exercise
4. Firefighters arriving at mock disaster scene
5. Mock-wounded
6. Rescue worker...
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SYND 23 9 78 GOVTERNMENT TROOPS TAKE TOWN OF ESTELI
Planes fly over the smouldering town of Esteli in Nicaragua as refugees try to leave in the face of government troops.
1. ls smoke over town with plane flying overhead
2. ms armed troops and barricades
3. ws armed troops cross road from...
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NICARAGUA: SUNDAY'S ELECTION PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY
Spanish/Nat
The Organisation of American States (OAS) chief, Cesar Gaviria said Friday he was confident Nicaragua's weekend elections would be free and fair.
The country goes to the polls on Sunday, following a closely fought election...
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Archaeologists excavate Nicaragua's little-known past at dump site
FILE Recent 2010
1. Various of people scavenging in trash behind garbage truck at Managua�s La Chureca dump
2. Garbage truck arriving at dump
3. Hundreds of buzzards flying over La Chureca dump
4. Various of Marta Solis cooking beans...
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NICARAGUA: PROTESTS AGAINST ECONOMIC POLICIES
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of Nicaraguans have taken to the streets to protest against the economic policies of President Arnoldo Aleman.
Members of unions and community groups marched to the presidential palace where they called for an end...
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Central America leaders meet to discuss the economic crisis in Latin America
1. Plane carrying Panamanian President Martin Torrijos arriving at Augusto Cesar Sandino airport
2. Fire truck at the airport
3. Various of Panamanian aircraft taxiing
4. President of Panama Martin Torrijos (Left) with Orlando Gomez...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT ALEMAN'S GOVERNMENT MAY EVICT PEASANTS
Spanish/Nat
Life for Nicaragua's rural communities has become even more uncertain following the recent change of government.
Many peasants who were given land by the Sandinistas now face possible eviction by President Arnoldo Aleman's...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: PRESIDENT ARNOLDO ALEMAN BEGINS 5 YEAR TERM
Spanish/Nat
Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman has begun a five-year term as President of Nicaragua, facing challenges of poverty and bitter political opposition.
Aleman was sworn in at a ceremony in a Managua baseball stadium on Friday.
It...
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NICARAGUA: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SANDINISTA REVOLUTION
Managua, Nicaragua - 19 July 1999 1. Pan of bus carrying Sandinista supporters2. Sandinista supporters arriving on bicycle3. Cars and bikes heading towards Sandinista rally4. Two wides of rally outside cathedral in central Managua5....
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SYND 12 7 79 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BRIEFED BY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER
The Nicaraguan Chamber Of Deputies in Managua being briefed on the military situation in the country by a National Guard officer. Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Ascencio.
1. ws Lt Colonel Rafael Asdencio briefing chamber of deputies
2. ms...
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Former president defends himself against accusations of corruption
24 September
1. Wide shot of former president Arnoldo Aleman arriving at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arnoldo Aleman, Former Nicaraguan President:
"I am not going to abandon my country, and I am not going to allow the return...
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Dissident Sandinista presidential candidate Lewites dies
Managua - 2 July 2006
1. Coffin carrying presidential candidate Herty Lewites
2. Funeral car driving coffin for viewing at Sandinista Renovation Movement party headquarters
3. Supporters chanting support for Herty
4. Family and friends...
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Sandanistas look likely to win upcoming elections.
July 19, 2001
1. Wide shot of man in crowd firing gun into air - makes a bang and crowd cheers
2. Close-up of man holding up banner, pulls out to wide showing large crowd
3. Close-up of FSLN sign being held up
4. Wide view showing...
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Up to six dead in heavy rains.
1. Aerial shots of La Lima flooded areas
2. People waiting for medical assistance in the north of the country
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Heriberto Almaguer, Doctor
"We're concentrated in emergencies right now, but after floods we'll have...
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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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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT ALEMAN CELEBRATES 1ST YEAR IN OFFICE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman this weekend celebrated his first year in office.
But his anniversary speech at a special session of Congress was interrupted by fierce heckling from the opposition National Liberation...
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NICARAGUA: POSOLTEGA: HEAVY RAINS CAUSING CONCERN
Spanish/Nat
Six months after Hurricane Mitch tore through Central America, heavy rains are causing concern among thousands of its victims still living in makeshift camps.
Several areas devastated by Mitch are on alert during the...
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WRAP Arrivals, comments ADDS leaders give presser at regional summit
San Jose - 16 December 2006
1. Pan from cameramen to wide of presidents at press conference
2. Various of presidents conversing
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Enrique Bolanos, Nicaraguan President:
"We are talking about integration. We Central...
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The first 11 of 24 miners trapped by a collapse in a mine in northern Nicaragua have been rescued, and crews were working early Saturday to free more, officials said. The men had been trapped for more than 24 hours. (August 29)
The first 11 of 24 freelance gold miners trapped by a collapse in a mine in northern Nicaragua have been rescued and crews were working early Saturday to free more, officials said.
The men walked out of the mine on their own as their...
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NICARAGUA: NEW PROGRAMME TO RID COUNTRY OF LANDMINES
Spanish/Nat
The government of Nicaragua has launched a new programme to rid the country of landmines: a deadly legacy of the country's civil war.
Only about 30 thousand of the estimated 130 thousand landmines set in the country have...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: CELEBRATIONS HONOUR SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMAN
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua has started a ten-day holy celebration in honour of the patron saint of the capital Managua, Santo Domingo de Guzman.
The party starts at the Church of las Sierritas, eight kilometres from Managua, where the...
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Nicaragua - Sandinista anniversary
Nicaragua's Sandinista supporters celebrated the 18th
anniversary of their revolution on Saturday (19/07).
Former President and current Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega
told an estimated 15,000 supporters in Managua's Plaza de...
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Mass weddings held in Peru and Nicaragua on Valentine's Day
Ancon, Peru
1. Wide of couples, who have just completed civil ceremonies, making their way by boat to have their wedding ceremony at sea
2. Mid of Ancon Mayor John Barrera conducting the wedding ceremony; pan to couples on their boats,...