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Canal work uncovers vital ancient finds
A Chinese company granted a concession to build a transoceanic canal across Nicaragua has handed over more than 15-thousand pre-Columbian relics to the government.
The pieces were collected over six weeks by a team of 29 archaeologists...
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Gathering of nations receiving oil from Venezuela at preferential rates
1. Wide exterior of headquarters of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)
2. Close-up of banner promoting third Petrocaribe Summit
3. Various of police guarding building
4. Mid of vehicles entering at PDVSA...
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Preps on mainland as Hurricane Felix bears down
1. Cloudy sky, tilt down to waves lapping shore
2. Man sitting on shore, boat in distance
3. Palm trees
4. Boats on shore
5. Fishermen in boat
6. Various people buying food at kiosk
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) No name given, Vox Pop:
8....
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NICARAGUA: DIRIA: UNIQUE RELIGIOUS TRADITION
Spanish/Nat
The combination of Spanish and indigenous culture in Nicaragua has created a unique religious tradition in the town of Diria.
Each year, the faithful fight each other in the streets with flexible wooden swords in memory of...
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Proposal to end crisis includes ousted president's return; protests; Zelaya
San Jose, Costa Rica
1. Costa Rican President and mediator Oscar Arias sitting down for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Arias, Costa Rican President and mediator
"In order to reach reconciliation and strengthen democracy, we...
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Guatemalans suffer the effects of the drought
1. Three shots of Guatemalan farmer Jesus Ramirez visiting his corn plantation
2. UPSOUND (Spanish) Jesus Ramirez, farmer (Campesino)
"Right now we are suffering now that the milpas are lost, in other years I have got corn for the whole...
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Nicaragua - Nicaraguans cast their votes
Nicaraguans cast ballots for a new president on Sunday (20/10) in a tight race pitting conservative Arnoldo Aleman against one-time leftist rebel and Sandinista ex-president Daniel Ortega.
Ortega walking toward polling station...
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NICARAGUA: MINISTER GIVES SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE UN
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's foreign minister restated his country's support for Taiwan's full membership of the United Nations in the face of opposition from China.
Emilio Alvarez Montalban spoke, on Thursday, in response to what colleagues...
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Drug dealers who posed as a camera crew sentenced to 'harshest penalty'
18 January, 2013
1. Mid of members of organised crime group entering court room for sentencing on drug trafficking and money laundering charges
2. Cutaway to armed police in the court room's hallway
3. Pan left of 30-year-old Raquel...
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Arrivals and preparations for meeting of Central American leaders
1. Arrival of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, at his Presidential residence
2. Cutaway of media
3. Arrival of Guatemalan president, Alvaro Colom
4. Arrival of Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega
5. Medium to close-up of...
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WRAP Celebrations for 30th anniv of socialist Sandinista revolution
1. Bikers with Nicaraguan and Sandinista flags driving towards anniversary rally
2. Various shots of Nicaraguan and Sandinista flags
3. Close of man spray painting image on woman's face
4. Various shots of people dancing and getting...
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Pilgrims spend the night in prayer at Copacabana Beach ahead of Sunday mass
1. Pan right of pilgrims and tents at Copacabana Beach
2. Mid of Brazilian pilgrims
3. Wide of pilgrims stretching plastic sheets on the sand
4. Wide of pilgrims with sleeping bags on the beach
5. Close of pilgrim lying down
6. Wide...
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NICARAGUA: SANDINISTAS CELEBRATE FOUNDER'S ANNIVERSARY
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's Sandinistas celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their movement's founder Augusto Caesar Sandino Sunday.
But the celebrations have been overshadowed infighting between two of the movement's power...
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NICARAGUA: LIVING CONDITIONS IN TIPITAPA FEDERAL PENITENTIARY
Spanish/Nat
As millions of Nicaraguans celebrate the 16th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, the country shows alarming signs of disintegration.
With an exhausted budget, among the hardest hit are the police and...
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Sandinistas target municipal elections for gains
1. Various of President Bolanos voting
2. Various of young woman voting
3. Various of Alejandro Fiallos, Bolanos supporter, voting
4. Alejandro Fiallos giving thumbs up
5. Various of Daniel Ortega, Sandinista Front Leader, arriving to...
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NICARAGUA: US AID FLIES IN
Eng/Spanish/Nat
About 1-thousand-600 U-S troops have arrived in Nicaragua to help in relief work following last month's onslaught by Hurricane Mitch.
Tonnes of heavy equipment will be used in the many reconstruction efforts planned...
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President Daniel Ortega begins 3-day visit to Mexico
1. Wide shot of Basilica de Guadalupe
2. Medium motorcade arriving at Basilica
3. Cutaway photographer
4. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega gets out of car and greets Catholic representatives at the Basilica
5. Wide of Ortega and...
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WRAP Gathering of nations receiving oil at preferential rates, Chavez
1. Wide exterior of headquarters of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)
2. Close-up of banner promoting third Petrocaribe Summit
3. Various of police guarding building
4. Mid of vehicles entering at PDVSA...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: STRIKING DOCTORS BLOCK TRAFFIC
Spanish/Nat
Striking doctors have blocked main routes in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua causing major traffic jams.
Doctors are hoping that the action - which has been repeated across the country - will force the Nicaraguan government...
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President Ortega visits areas affected by Hurricane Felix
1. Various of aid boxes from USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
2. Various of US soldiers supervising aid
3. Various of US helicopters taking off and landing at airport
4. SOUDNBITE: (English) Antoine Morrison,...
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Arrival of Taiwanese president in Managua ADDS More shots
1. Various of Nicaraguan President-elect, Daniel Ortega greeting Prince Felipe of Spain
2. Ortega and Prince Felipe in meeting
3. Various of Ortega greeting Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian
4. Mid of Chen in meeting with Ortega
5....
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NICARAGUA: ARNOLDO ALEMAN CONFIRMED AS NEW PRESIDENT
Spanish/Nat
More than a month after its elections, Nicaragua officially has a new President.
The country's Supreme Electoral Council confirmed the right-wing candidate Arnoldo Aleman had won the vote, rejecting calls for new voting from...
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Mystery disease killing thousands in Central America
Chichigalpa, Nicaragua - 20 January 2012
1. Various of funeral of Jesus Ignacio Flores, former sugar cane field worker
Bajo Lempa, El Salvador - 2 February 72012
2. Agricultural workers working in field
3. Man spraying insecticide in...
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Inauguration of President Mauricio Funes, Taiwanese President Ma attends
1. Wide of audience at the Fair and Convention Centre
2. Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Leticia arriving
3. Paraguayan President Fernado Lugo arriving
4. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa arriving
5. Chilean President Michelle...