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Guatemalan President assures there is justice in his country
1. Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo departing the White House
2. Cutaway of presser outside White House
3. Still photo of President Portillo meeting U.S. President George W. Bush
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alfonso Portillo, President...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: ALLEGED DRUGS BOSS FACES EXTRADITION
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's Supreme court has cleared the way for an alleged drug boss to become the first Colombian extradited to the United States in nearly 10 years.
In a unanimous decision, nine Supreme Court magistrates approved a U-S...
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ARGENTINA: RETIRED GENERAL DENIES PLANNING A COUP IN PARAGUAY
Spanish/Nat
Retired general Lino César Oviedo denied claims on Wednesday that he is planning to stage a coup in his native Paraguay.
Oviedo, who attempted to overthrow the Paraguayan government in 1996, spoke after a meeting with...
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Governor Bill Richardson holds joint presser with OAS Sec-Gen
1. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza
2. News conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General:
"Governor Richardson is...
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President Jorge Battle visits, meets Bush
1. Uruguay's President Jorge Batlle arriving at White House
2. Wide shot of White House entrance
3. Wide shot of President Batlle walking towards press
4. Cutaway of press
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jorge Batlle, President of Uruguay
"We...
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Exiled Cuban community on revolution anniversary
AP Television
Miami - 1 January 2009
1. Wide of sign at entrance to "Little Havana"
2. Close up of sign
AP Television
Miami - 31 December 2008
3. Pan from wall to Jaime Suchlicki, director Institute for Cuban Studies at the University of...
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COLOMBIA: US DONATE 5 MORE HELICOPTERS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING
Spanish/Nat
The U-S has given Colombia five more helicopters to help the country in its war against drug trafficking.
With the new choppers, the Colombian police force now has 100 aircraft at its disposal to combat drug trafficking.
The...
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WRAP President on farm crisis, tax, trade; Obama
1. Mid of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner walking to lectern at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentine President:
"I think that was the first time that we truly had the...
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Preview ahead of UNGA vote on resolution to end embargo
Havana, Cuba - 23 October 2009
1. Zoom in to corner of Prado Avenue and Malecon Boulevard with Morro Castle in background
2. Mid of 50s-era cars on road, pan of car passing by old bus
Washington, DC, United States - 26 October 2009
3....
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Envoy on helicopters, bilateral ties as Russia expands Latam role
1. Wide of Russian embassy in La Paz
2. Sign of embassy on wall
3. Russian ambassador, Leonid Golubev, and journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Leonid Golubev, Russian Ambassador to Bolivia:
"We also want to show the United States that...
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Reaction to world court rulling on death row prisoners in US
1. Pan of news conference, Arturo Dajer entering
2. Arturo Dajer, Mexican Foreign Ministry official and another man
3. Media
4. Dajer and others sitting down
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Dajer, Mexican Foreign Ministry...
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NICARAGUA: ORTEGA'S REACTION TO CLINTON/LEWINSKY SCANDAL
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguan Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega has voiced support for U-S President Bill Clinton as the Monica Lewinsky scandal intensifies.
He criticised what he called the double standards of U-S politicians, who denounced a...
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BOLIVIA: FUNERAL OF BOLIVIAN YOUTH SHOT BY NEW JERSEY POLICEMAN
Spanish/Nat
The Latin American community in the United States publicly expressed its outrage at the death of a Bolivian youth during an arrest by a policeman in the state of New Jersey.
Cesar Tarquino Calderon was hit several times in...
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Bolivia leader says DEA not welcome back in his country
1. Wide of Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Presidents sitting down at meeting: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peruvian President Ollanta Humala
2. Wide of Santos, Morales, Humala and...
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MEXICO: BRACEROS THREATENING LEGAL ACTION
Spanish/Nat
More than 42-thousand Mexicans are demanding pensions owed to them for labour carried out in the United States through a work programme launched in 1942.
Some five (m) million workers took part in the so-called Bracero...
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Top drug investigators arrested in US on smuggling charges
AP Television
1. Armed police arriving at airport in Guatemala City
2. Various of drugs being unloaded from plane
3. Close up of badge, reads: SAIA (Guatemala's Anti-narcotics Analysis and Investigation Service)
4. Drugs being loaded...
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Interview with Cuban Director of North American Affairs, Josefina Vidal
The Cuban government is open to all of US President Barack Obama's plans to improve relations and strengthen private enterprise and civil society on the island, the country's head of US affairs said on Monday.
In Cuba's first detailed...
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Spanish judge meets Assange's mother, says he's not a pirate or a terrorist
The former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, well known for previous involvement in several major South American law suits, said on Friday that his client, the Wikileaks campaigner Julian Assange, is neither a pirate nor a terrorist.
He...
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Lula receives public service award, on Honduras
1. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walking onto stage to receive Woodrow Wilson Award
2. Video shown at event showcasing Lula's life
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil:
"I accept this...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRETORIA: REACTION TO ELIAN GONZALEZ LATEST
Spanish/Nat
The Cuban Foreign Minister, on an official visit to South Africa, has reacted positively to a U-S federal judge's refusal to block efforts to return 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez to Cuba.
The U-S federal judge ruled on Tuesday...
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Foreign Minister comments on travel restrictions imposed by US
Venezuela's foreign minister has described a US travel ban for officials of the socialist government as "the desperate cry of those who know that the world is changing."
Elias Jaua was addressing a news conference in Caracas on...
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Peace talks between FARC and govt representatives continue
1. Tracking shot of FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) officials arriving for news conference
2. Various of Jesus Santrich, FARC negotiator, speaking to media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jesus Santrich, FARC negotiator:
"The State...
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First day of Organisation of American States meeting
1. Various shots of Organisation of American States (OAS) meeting
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State:
"President Bush and I agree, in keeping with article 18 of the Democratic Charter, we urge the Secretary...
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Colombia's President reacts to NYC/WDC attacks
September 14
1. Colombian President Andres Pastrana and others attending mass in Bogota
September 13
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Pastrana, President of Colombia:
"I can not end without expressing how much pain and preocupation has been...