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SYND 10 3 78 PRESIDENT SOMOZA INTERVIEWED ON CIVIL UNREST IN NICARAGUA
Riots and unrest in Managua, Nicaragua. President Anastasio Somoza is interviewed on the civil unrest in his country.
1. ws girl carrying basket on head walking past burnt out buses
2. various ws street riot and students burn bus
3. ws...
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Profile of presidential candidate Enrique Bolaños
Managua, Nicaragua
1. Nicaraguan flag waving
2. Panoramic view of Managua
Nagarrote, Leon Province
3. Wide shot of political add billboard with Enrique Bolaños
4. Wide shot of crowd cheering for the arrival of Bolaños saying ¨It can...
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NICARAGUA: CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS FOR THE NEXT ELECTIONS
Managua, Nicaragua, 10th September 1996
1. Various of campaign rally for Ortega's party, Sandinista National Liberation Front, (FSLN)
2. Ortega shaking hands with people before press conference
3. Wide Shot of Ortega at press...
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NICARAGUA: MAN ACCUSED OF DRUG DEALING FOR CIA CLAIMS HE'S INNOCENT
Managua, Nicaragua 1st October 1996 1. Exterior jail2. Zoom into guard on tower3. Meneses walking through hallway towards his cell4. Meneses inside cell5. Close-up papers6. Meneses reading communique7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), Norwin...
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NICARAGUA: POLITICAL LEADERS ASKED TO FULFIL CAMPAIGN PROMISES
Spanish/Nat
Many Nicaraguans believe there's a long way to go before they can enjoy real democracy.
Although democracy was restored in 1990, social and political unrest are still rampant in this Central American country.
And Nicaraguans...
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NICARAGUA: ORTEGA TO DEFEND HIS HONOUR IN ALLEGED SEX CASE
Spanish/Nat
Sandinista leader and former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he is willing to prove his innocence in an alleged sexual abuse case.
Ortega's stepdaughter has accused him of sexually abusing her since she was eleven...
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28-year-old Eric Volz was allowed to leave Nicaragua Friday after a court overturned his conviction on charges of murdering his ex-girlfriend in November of 2006.
HEADLINE: American cleared of murder leaves Nicaragua
CAPTION: 28-year-old Eric Volz was allowed to leave Nicaragua Friday after a court overturned his conviction on charges of murdering his ex-girlfriend in November of 2006. (Dec....
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH: 1 YEAR ON
Spanish/Nat
One year ago Hurricane Mitch tore through Central America, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless and at least eight and half thousand people dead.
Families have struggled to rebuild their lives as aid has trickled in to...
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LATIN AMERICA: FIRST VISIT BY POPE IN 13 YEARS
Spanish/Nat
Nearly 13 years after his last troubled visit, Pope John Paul II is returning to Central America to encourage peace in a region beset by war and decades of violence.
The Pope leaves Monday on a eight-day trip to Guatemala,...
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Pro-Zelaya demo blocks highway to capital, blockade of border with Nicaragua
Near Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Wide of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya marching from Tegucigalpa to north Honduras
2. Mid of supporters marching
3. Soldiers with riot shields standing by roadside
4. Mid of march
5....
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENT WANTS DEBT CLEARED AFTER HURRICANE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman has called for his country's foreign debt- and that of neighbouring Honduras- to be written off following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch.
Both the President and the leader of...
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WRAP Supporters of deposed president gather at border, Zelaya's wife
Danli, Honduras
1. Wide of police forces guarding area
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted Honduras President, Manuel Zelaya:
"We are going to be here until military and police forces permit us to go through. We are...
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OAS plan to solve diplomatic dispute between Colombia and Ecuador
1. Various exteriors of the Organisation of the American States headquarters
2. Wide of meeting room, delegations sitting down ahead of session
3. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister MarÄżËa Isabel Salvador Crespo arriving and passing by...
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Three days of national mourning as last living founder of Sandinista movement dies
Managua - 1 May 2012
1. Man carrying wreath of flowers towards the National Palace of Culture where people are queuing to sign the book of condolence and pay his respects for deceased Sandinista leader Tomas Borge Martinez
2. SOUNDBITE...
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CENTRAL AMERICA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH (2)
Foot of Casitas Volcano, Tipitapa, Nicaragua; Zacapa & Guatemala City, Guatemala; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Washington DC, USA - November 2-3, 1998
Foot of Casitas Volcano
1. Wide shot volcano
2. Pan of deserted village
3. Rescue...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: VIOLENT CLASHES
Natural Sound
There have been violent clashes in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua between striking transport workers and security forces.
Strikers fired home made bazookas at police, and there were running battles through the...
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NICARAGUA: FISHING INDUSTRY FACES PROBLEMS DUE TO OVER-EXPLOITATION
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's fishing industry is in danger due to over-exploitation from national and foreign companies.
Residents from the country's Atlantic coast - who make a living from fishing - are calling on the government to...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH LATEST
Span/Eng/Nat
Frustration in Nicaragua is growing at the slow distribution of emergency supplies to those most in need following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch.
Medicine and food has failed to reach many at risk of illness and...
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NICARAGUA: 2 ARMED REBEL GROUPS SURRENDER THEIR WEAPONS
Spanish/Nat
Two Nicaraguan armed groups which operated in the country's Atlantic region have turned in their weapons to reintegrate into civilian life.
The former rebels signed a pact in which they promised not to take up arms again.
In...
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SYND 20 6 79 SCENES OF LOOTING IN MANAGUA
Scenes of people looting a supermarket, a refugee centre in pre-fabricated buildings, with views of refugees cooking cooking, washing, and going to church.
1. ws supermarket and people with stolen goods
2. ms looters entering and...
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Clashes in Honduras, Zelaya with US envoy, Micheletti
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Various of supporters of ousted Honduras President, Manuel Zelaya, running away from anti-riot police sent to disperse the demonstration
2. Wounded man lying on the ground, bloodied head, people calling for an...
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Tropical Storm Alma weakens to a depression
Leon, Nicaragua - 30 May 2008
1. Wide of street
2. Fallen electrical tower near stadium
3. Close up of toppled tower
4. Fallen trees and light pole
5. People walking in the street
6. Woman removing fallen branches
7. Various of fallen...
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Arrival of Taiwanese president in Managua
1. Various of plane carrying Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian arriving in Managua
2. Mid of soldiers running
3. Mid of delegation walking off plane
4. Mid of group greeting Chen
5. Mid of Chen walking off plane
6. Mid of band
7....
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WRAP Preps on mainland, tourists leave as Hurricane Felix bears down
Roatan
1. Close on note (Spanish) warning of hurricane
2. Various of people boarding up windows
3. Various of people queuing to be evacuated
4. Police checking people through gate
5. People boarding plane
6. People crowded inside...