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Central American group discuss effects of US financial crisis
1. Various of meeting of Central American Integration System (SICA) group
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, Honduran President:
"And such a freedom turned in Wall Street into a system of debauchery and this is directly affecting...
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SYND 28 5 79 DEMONTRATION IN SUPPORT OF BREAK WITH NICARAGUA
Between 10,000 and 15,000 people staged a rally in the Mexican capital on Saturday (26 May) to demonstrate their support of President Portillo's decision to break relations with Nicaragua. the demonstration was organized by the main...
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Five-year-old girl killed after record rains unleash landslides and flooding
Record rains unleashed landslides and caused flooding that swamped hundreds of homes and swept a 5-year-old girl to her death, Nicaraguan officials have said.
The country's Institute of Territorial Studies said on Thursday 14.9 inches...
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NICARAGUA: FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
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Nicaraguan presidential candidate Arnoldo Aleman has escaped unharmed from an assassination attempt in which one of his bodyguards was killed.
The attempt took place in the town of Quilali, 85 miles north of Managua, while...
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NICARAGUA: ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF SANTO DOMINGO CELEBRATIONS
Spanish/Nat
The annual religious festival of Santo Domingo has been celebrated in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua with thousands of people joining in the procession, rodeo and street parties well into the night.
The tradition of covering...
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Lawmakers approve massive Chinese project for rival to Panama Canal
1. Wide of Nicaragua's National Assembly
2. Mid of lawmakers at their desks during the debate
3. Mid of sign: (Spanish): "Republic of Nicaragua. Central America."
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Emilio Lopez, lawmaker with the Sandinista...
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SYND 12 1 79 DEMONSTRATIONS IN MANAGUA ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF CHAMORRO
Demonstrations in Managua to mark the first anniversary of killing of the opposition newspaper editor Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal, scenes of murder site with wreaths and protesters at cemetery.
1. gv site of shooting with wreath on...
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SYND 19 6 79 REPORT ON SANDINISTA AND GOVERNMENT FIGHTING SITUATION
Situation report on Managua as fighting continues between government troops and Sandinista guerrillas. As residents flee from city with their belongings troops search them and check their documents, while doctors treat those wounded in...
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Colombian, Mexican and Central American leaders on two day summit
1. Various of demonstrations marching to the hotel where the summit takes place
2. Various of demonstrators outside the hotel where the summit takes place
3. Various of authorities and demonstrators outside the hotel where the summit...
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Gay beauty pageant takes place in national theatre for the first time
1. Wide exterior of Nicaragua''s National Theatre "Ruben Dario"
2. Various of contestants at rehearsals
3. Pan close of Berdien Lavyeska, Winner of Miss Gay Nicaragua 2012, during interview
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Berdien Lavyeska, winner...
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NICARAGUA: FEARS OVER SECURITY SITUATION AHEAD OF POPE'S VISIT
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Fears are growing over the security situation in the Nicaraguan capital ahead of next week's visit by Pope John Paul II.
A group of students hijacked a police bus Wednesday, one day after the Foreign Ministry was stormed and...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT ORTEGA ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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Nicaragua's former president, Daniel Ortega, has been accused of sexual abuse by his stepdaughter.
In a written statement to the press, Zoilamerica Narvรà¸ez Murillo - now aged 30 - said that she had been abused for...
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4:3 Argentina FM meets Nicaragua's Ortega, comment on Falklands
1. Wide of meeting between Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega at the Nicaraguan Presidential Palace
2. Mid of Timerman and Ortega talking
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Hector Timerman, Argentine...
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Celebrations to mark Sandinista leader Ortega's victory
1. Sandinista supporters with the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) flag outside Carlos Fonseca's Mausoleum
2. Supporter outside mausoleum
3. 'Eternal flame' in front of mausoleum of Carlos Fonseca, founder of the FSLN
4. A...
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NICARAGUA: NEW COMMISSION TO STUDY POVERTY & PROPERTY
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Nicaragua's conservative President Arnoldo Aleman and former leftist President Daniel Ortega agreed in principle Monday to form a commission to study poverty and property in Nicaragua.
However, both Aleman and Ortega say...
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Families evacuate area near Nicaragua volcano
1. Wide, column of smoke, steam and ash from volcano San Cristobal
2. Various of crater
3. Skyline, with cloud and ash falling
4. Man looking the eruption on the PanAmerican Highway
5. Close of the crater and smoke
6. PanAmerican Highway...
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ITALY: VATICAN: BISHOPS ATTEND SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AMERICA
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Latin American bishops have blamed foreign debt, multinational corporate greed and corrupting U-S influence for the plight of millions across their continent.
The Roman Catholic bishops were among nearly 300 attending a...
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NICARAGUA: FUMES FROM VOLCANIC ACTIVITY FORCE VILLAGERS TO EVACUATE
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Authorities in Nicaragua are preparing to evacuate the residents of a small southern community where volcanic activity is heating the subsoil.
The villagers blame a nearby geothermic plant for the emergency.
They say it has...
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NICARAGUA: ATHLETES OFFERED A CHANCE TO DECAMP IN EL SALVADOR
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A hard-up family of champion athletes in Nicaragua has been offered work abroad in return for a switch of national allegiance.
El Salvador recently offered Nicaragua's Trana Rivera family the chance to decamp as adopted...
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SYND 21 9 78 NATIONAL GUARDS POST ATTACKED BY SANDINISTA REBELS
A post held by the National Guard of Nicaragua was attacked by Sandanista rebels, there were several deaths.
1. ws guards stand as man draws plan on ground
2. ms man sketching plan on stones, zoom to Guard
3. GRAPHIC ms Guard uncovers...
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Hurricane Felix killed at least three people throughout Central America after hitting Nicaragua Tuesday. Felix was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved farther inland.
HEADLINE: Felix, Henriette still packing punch
CAPTION: Hurricane Felix killed at least three people throughout Central America after hitting Nicaragua Tuesday. Felix was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved farther inland....
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Presidents discuss free trade with US
1. Presidents of Central America in meeting
2. Nicaragua President, Enrique Bolaå˜os
3. Presidents arriving at news conference
4. Presidents at news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Oscar Berger, Guatemala President:
"I thought that...
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UPITN 20 7 79 OCCUPATION OF NICARAGUA EMBASSY BY SANDINISTA'S
Demonstrators staged an occupation at the Nicaraguan embassy in Paris to protest against the refusal to handover government to the Sandinista's.
1. CU of street sign
2. ws exterior of embassy
3. vs Interior of embassy room with workers...
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NICARAGUA: POLITICS: PROTESTS AGAINST BI- PARTY TALKS
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Hundreds of people marched on Thursday in protest at bi-party talks in Nicaragua between traditional rivals, the ruling liberals and the left wing ex-rebel Sandinistas.
The talks are part of a Liberal Sandinista alliance seen...