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Deputy FM of interim govt; march marks 1mth anniversary of coup Zelaya
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Wide of march in support of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
2. Mid of marchers carrying Honduran flag
3. Back shot of marchers
4. Wide policeman watching marchers
5. Wide of marchers
6. SOUNDBITE...
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People heed warning to sleep on the streets for safety after major tremors
Residents of the Nicaraguan capital Managua were clearing up on Monday after a sleepless night rocked by two strong earthquakes, part of a string of tremors in the region.
A magnitude-6.1 quake on Thursday evening has been followed by...
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SYND 29-12-72 MANAGUA EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
Damaged buildings are levelled in Managua as earthquake shattered city suffers
1 ms reserve soldier interviewed about looting
2 gv relief food distributed
3 gv burning section of city
4 gv bulldozer clearing debris
5 gv American...
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Hunger and poverty increase as coffee prices drop
1. Wide shot of coffee growing region in Matagalpa province
2. Various of farmers and coffee growers on the road near hamlet of La Dalia (they go to beg from passing vehicles)
3. Road sign, tilt to child sleeping
4. Close up child asleep...
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NICARAGUA: THOUSANDS VISIT RELATIVES' GRAVES ON DAY OF THE DEAD
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of Nicaraguans gathered around the graves of their dead loved ones on Sunday to celebrate one of the most important dates in their spiritual calendar.
The Day of the Dead is a chance for the living to liaise with...
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NICARAGUA: ELECTIONS: SANDINISTA PARTY
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's former revolutionary Sandinista party has regained control of the capital, Managua, in municipal elections, a decade after being voted out of office.
The victory is being seen as a key litmus test for the...
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NICARAGUA: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT
Spanish/Nat
The bombing of a church on the eve of Wednesday's papal visit to Nicaragua has threatened to spoil an attempt to put behind the bitter memories of Pope John Paul II's last trip to the country.
In 1983, a battle of wills with...
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CHILE: SANTIAGO: 6TH IBERO AMERICAN SUMMIT CONTINUES UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Ibero-American heads of state continued their meetings in Chile Sunday, as part of the two-day VI Ibero-American Presidential summit.
Cuban President, Fidel Castro, whose controversial visit has sparked a wave of protests ...
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NICARAGUA: MONZONTE: LANDMINES VICTIMS
Monzonte, Nicaragua - 9 January 19981. Wide shot of Juan Manuel Hernandez in bed being bandaged2. Pan of Juan Manuel from head to legs3. Zoom out from saint to Juan being treated4. Zoom out of Juan's wife treating his eye 5. Juan walking...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: 1ST MOTOR CROSS TOURNAMENT HELD
Spanish/Nat
Motorbike lovers from all over the region have gathered in Nicaragua for the country's first motor cross tournament.
Fifty riders from countries such as the United States, Guatemala, Brazil and Costa Rica participated in...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT CHAMORRO CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro has condemned Thursday's attack on presidential candidate Arnoldo Aleman.
Gunmen shot at the conservative candidate while he was campaigning in the north of the country, killing a...
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NICARAGUA: POPE JOHN PAUL II TO VISIT ON 7TH FEBRUARY 96
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan government has decreed a national holiday on February 7th in honour of Pope John Paul II's arrival.
The Pope will be visiting Nicaragua as part of a Latin American tour which will take him to El Salvador,...
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Cigar company produces 'Obama' cigars for US market
1. Various of boxes of "Obama" cigars
2. Woman placing "Obama" cigars in box at the Segovia Cigar factory, where the "Obama" cigars are made for US cigar company Granada 1524 Cigars
3. Close up cigars
4. Various of cigars, women...
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NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA IS RUNNING IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
Former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is running in the upcoming presidential elections, amid rumors that he is sick and his party is divided.
Ortega is second in the polls, but analysts say the candidate for the...
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NICARAGUA: PROSTITUTION BECOMES A MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEM
Spanish/Nat
Prostitution has grown to become a major social problem in Nicaragua where a deep economic crisis has created severe poverty.
In the first of a three-part series of reports on prostitution in the central American country,...
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NICARAGUA: CATHOLICS WELCOME SACRED STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY
Spanish/Nat
President Arnoldo Aleman joined thousands of Roman Catholics in Managua, Nicaragua, on Saturday to welcome a sacred statue of the Virgin Mary.
The statue, known as the Virgin of Fatima from Portugal, is currently touring...
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TAIWAN: CHEN TO VISIT AFRICA AND AMERICA
Mandarin/Nat
President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan on Monday said he would visit Taiwan's allies in Central America and Africa next month, via Los Angeles, in his first diplomatic offensive since taking office.
In his second news conference...
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Close of campaigns in tight presidential race
Nindiri
1. Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega arriving at political rally
2. Various of crowd welcoming Ortega
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan Presidential Candidate:
"A nation convinced that it cannot continue...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH LATEST
Spanish/Nat
The full impact of Hurricane Mitch has yet to take effect, despite the thousands listed as dead across Central America.
Many remain homeless across flooded Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala - and must now survive on...
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NICARAGUA: HOMEMADE MORTARS USED AT DEMONSTRATION
Natural Sound
Sandinista demonstrators in the Nicaraguan capita have fired homemade mortars at the presidential building Wednesday as thousands protested high prices.
The pipe mortars carried paper-wrapped bombs that exploded on...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH SURVIVORS
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's recovery from the ravages of Hurricane Mitch remains a slow and tortuous process.
An estimated four thousand people are thought to have been killed here with thousands still missing.
More emergency aid from...
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Feisty 116 year old is still going strong
Niquinohomo - 24 May, 2003
1. Procession of Virgen Auxiliadora through the streets of Niquinohomo
2. Elderly women, neighbour of Eva Rayo, looking at procession
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Voxpop, Neighbour:
"I have known Eva Rayo since she...
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NICARAGUA: MASAYA: LOCALS & DOGS CELEBRATE FESTIVAL OF SAINT LAZARO
Spanish/Nat
Locals and their dogs in the small village of Masaya, 30 kilometres from Nicaragua's capital, are celebrating the festival of Saint Lazaro.
The saint is revered as the protector of dogs.
Devotees dress their animals up and...
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South Africa, Nicaragua, Philippines
South African black rallies and riots, black funerals, lines of coffins
Bishop Desmond Tutu makes speech
United Democratic Front leaders gaoled
President Pieter Botha speech
Winnie Mandela addresses black rally
Contra rebels through...