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Press conference by ousted Honduran president Zelaya
1. Various of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at a news conference in the Honduran Embassy in Managua
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, ousted Honduran President:
"If the international community allows this coup, if they...
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NICARAGUA: DANIEL ORTEGA SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATION LATEST
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan National Assembly will decide in 30 days whether or not it strips former President Daniel Ortega from his parliamentary immunity so that he can be tried for alleged sexual abuse.
Ortega's stepdaughter -...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT ORTEGA TO REPRESENT SANDINISTA PARTY
Spanish/Nat
Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has been elected as presidential candidate for the leftist Sandinista Party for the general election in October.
The Sandinistas - who overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979 -...
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NICARAGUA: TURTLES FACE THREAT FROM HUNGRY PEASANTS
Spanish/Nat
As Nicaragua's turtles crawl up the beaches for their annual egg-laying, the animals face a new threat from hungry people.
The endangered turtle population is threatened by peasants who dig up the eggs, knowing the supposed...
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NICARAGUA: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE MITCH
Spanish/Nat
A rescue operation is underway across Central America to help thousands of survivors in a region ravaged by Hurricane Mitch.
At least nine-thousand people are known to have been killed and (m) millions are homeless across...
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NICARAGUA: MAN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS LOCKED IN CHAINS FOR 13 YEARS
Spanish/Nat
A Nicaraguan villager has spent the last 13 years locked in chains without medical help for what his family says is mental illness.
Santo Hermogenes Oviedo has been forced to live under lock and key in a makeshift hut yards...
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First session of new Congress, preps for inauguration of Ortega
1. Various police and sniffer dogs checking vehicles
2. Wide of police on roof of General Assembly building
3. Various of legislators being sworn in
4. Various of legislators clapping and shaking hands
5. Mid of Supreme Electoral...
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Central American trade ministers meet
1. Wide shot of protestors outside Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
2. Protesters holding banners and posters against Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
3. More of protesters
4. Wide shot of press conference
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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WRAP First day as president for Ortega, signs trade pact; vox pops; Morales
1. Wide of (left to right) new Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado, as they sign a socialist trade pact
2. Medium of Morales and...
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NICARAGUA : MYSTERY DISEASE STRIKES REMOTE ACHUAPA REGION
Spanish/Nat
Doctors are investigating a mystery disease which has killed 12 people and infected almost 900 more in a remote area of Nicaragua.
The illness has all the symptoms of dengue, but clinical tests for the disease have proved...
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New magnitude-6.6 quake shakes Nicaragua; hundreds of homes damaged from earlier quake
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook Nicaragua on Friday afternoon, sending people running frightened into the streets less than 24 hours after a magnitude-6.1 quake rattled the country.
There were no immediate reports of new casualties or...
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SYND 29 11 78 NICARAGUIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALFONSO ROBELO REFUSING TO TAKE PART IN A PLEBISCITE
Nicaraguan opposition leader Alfonso Robelo reiterates the refusal of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement to take part in a plebiscite while President Somoza is still in the country.
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) cu Rubelo speaks
2. cu...
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LATIN AMERICA: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR POPE'S VISIT
Natural Sound
Catholics in Central and Latin America are putting last minute touches on preparations for the visit of Pope John Paul the Second on Monday.
In Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela punters are busy making...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA ATTENDS MASS RALLY
Managua, Nicaragua - 19 July 19971. Sandinista supporters arriving on motorbikes to Plaza de la Revolucion2. Crowds of Sandinista supporters biking to Plaza de la Revolucion3. Sandinista supporter arriving to Plaza de la Revolucion by...
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Chavez, Correa, Uribe arrive for regional summit, soundbites
1. Various of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arriving in Santo Domingo for the Rio Summit
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela:
"We must chose between two paths: war or peace. We are fighting very hard for...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT ARNOLDO ALEMAN MARKS 1ST MONTH IN POWER
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman has marked a successful month in power despite the difficulties surrounding his election.
During his first 30 days in office Aleman launched a series of programmes including talks with...
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Centam presidents meet to discuss food and energy
1. Wide of conference
2. Wide of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
3. Pan of summit, banner reads "food for life"
4. Medium of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, in white shirt
5. Wide of summit
6. Medium of Bolivian President Evo...
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NICARAGUA: SENIOR MEMBER OF FARC GUERRILLA GROUP INTERVIEW
Spanish/Nat
A senior member of Colombia's leading guerrilla movement FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) has spoken to APTV about his country's prospects for peace.
Speaking in Nicaragua, Marco Leon Calanca officially confirmed...
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Parties reject plan to end crisis; Zelaya, interim govt reax
San Jose, Costa Rica - 22 July 2009
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...
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NICARAGUA: WOMAN ALLOWED TO KEEP NEWBORN BABY INSIDE PRISON
Spanish/Nat
The Nicaraguan judicial system is being criticized for allowing a 22-year old prisoner to keep her newborn baby inside the prison.
Mother of three Norma Irene Garay Garcia was arrested while at the late stages of pregnancy...
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WRAP Felix sparks flood fears in Central America, aftermath
1. Wide of man and house on seafront silhouetted against sky
2. Deserted boat on shore
3. Fisherman bailing water out of boat
4. Man clearing debris off the beach
5. Various of man repairing roof of house
6. Young boy walking on...
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NICARAGUA: VOTERS STRUGGLE TO REGISTER FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
As Nicaragua prepared for general elections today ( Sunday), close to 200,000 voters struggled to get registered at the last minute.
Anxious voters flocked to the electoral offices to collect their voting cards, but the...
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NICARAGUA: MANUEL IGNACIO LACAYO BELIEVES ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE
Spanish/Nat
One of Nicaragua's richest men is convinced his country will recover from its legacy of poverty and corruption to become the region's most prosperous nation.
Manuel Ignacio Lacayo returned to Nicaragua after several years in...
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NICARAGUA: PEACE MARCH AGAINST ATTACKS ON CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of Nicaraguans staged a march in the capital - Managua - to call for peace and protest against a recent wave of bomb attacks against Catholic churches and an alleged assassination plot against Cardinal Miguel Obando...