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Talks continue on standoff, monitors, bodies search
Santa Cruz - 19 September 2008
1. Wide exterior of Santa Cruz Cathedral
2. Wide pan of crowd outside church attending prayer service for peace
3. Mid of crowd listening to mass
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Julio Terrazas, Cardinal of Santa...
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At least 124 reported dead, presser, evacuations, relief efforts
Verapaz, San Vicente province
1. Road leading to Verapaz, electrical posts fallen onto road
2. Wide of the village, damaged houses, fallen trees
3. Mid of bodies of victims covered with blankets
4. Emergency workers searching for...
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Protests over sharp increase in fuel prices intensify
1. Wide of police officers running as protesters hurl objects at them
2. Wide of ambulance
3. Various of burning tires
4. Close-up of sign, reading: (Spanish) "We demand the abolishment of gas price increases."
5. Wide of protesters
6....
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SYND 4 7 79 RESULT OF SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STILL NOT DECIDED
The official final results of Bolivia's presidential elections are not expected until mid - July but unofficial tallies gave former president Hernan Siles Zuazo, leader of the leftist coalition "Popular Democratic Union", 35 per cent of...
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Miners and medical students clash with police during protest march
1. Wide of medical students and doctors protesting in front of Ministry of Health
2. Wide of police shooting tear gas and firing water cannons at protesters
3. Mid of police line with water cannon being fired at protesters in white...
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Morales hails all time record in foreign investment in natural gas
AP Television
La Paz, Bolivia - 3 January 2008
1. Various of government palace in La Paz (Jump cut please note)
2. Wide of news conference
3. Medium of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Villegas, Bolivian Minister of...
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Protesters angered by US refusal to extradite former Bolivian president de Losada
1. Close of woman launching a firecracker at US Embassy; riot police can be seen in background protecting the embassy.
2. Wide of US embassy; AUDIO of firecrackers going off
3. Mid of protesters chanting outside of US Embassy and...
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Reaction to Quiroga officially assuming presidency
1. Wideshot of street
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roger Cortez, Political Analyst: "I believe that is clear that people expect the new president to take care of three fundamental tasks. One, an economic reactivation, two, to fight against...
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For the Aymara, Christmas is also time for Pachamama celebration
La Paz
1. Tilt up of the Catholic Church of San Francisco
2. Nativity
3. Woman painting small virgin for the nativity set
4. Small painted virgins
5. Man painting tiny wise man figuring for nativity set
6. Man painting small Jesus
7....
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Strikes in protest over gas exports
1. Various of protesters throwing stones on main entrance road to Bolivian capital La Paz
2. Protesters marching
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Melendez Perez, Central Labor Union Leader "Alto" Region:
"Our main petition is the gas. The gas...
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Hurricane John lashes peninsula with heavy rain
San Jose del Cabo
1. Wide of coastline
2. Waves breaking at beach front
3. Palm trees in the strong winds
4. Police car driving through deserted street
5. Rooftop damage
6. Residents walking in the rain
Todos Santos
7. Wide of state...
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BOLIVIA: EXTRADITION TREATY SIGNED WITH USA
English/Nat
Bolivia and the United States have stepped-up cooperation in the war against drugs by signing an extradition treaty aimed mainly at drug traffickers.
Today's (Tuesday's) signing of the treaty comes three days before the...
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Morales pledges half his salary to help Chile quake victims
1. Wide exterior of Presidential Palace
2. Bolivian flag
3. Bolivian President Evo Morales entering news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia:
"That is why we decided to organise a national campaign for...
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Colourful skulls on show at All Souls' Day festival
1. Close-up of smoking "Natita" skull in clear holding case
2. Close-up of "Natita"
3. Women and men carrying skulls in cases
4. Various of ceremony with people paying respect to skulls
5. Pot filled with ashes
6. People holding banners...
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Morales meets opposition governors after nationwide referendum
1. Various exterior of government palace
2. Convoy for Bolivia President Evo Morales arriving at the government palace
3. Morales walking into palace
4. Arrival of Governor of Pando Province Leopoldo Fernandez at palace
5. Arrival of...
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Morales news conference after at least eight people killed in street battles
La Paz - 13 September, 2008
1. Presidential palace
2. Close up, palace
3. Bolivian president Evo Morales arrives, sits down
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia:
"This issue of Cobija-Pando (scene of recent violence)...
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SYND 20 11 79 LIDIA GUEILER TEJADA SWORN IN IN LA PAZ AS A NEW PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA
Lidia Gueiler Tejada being sworn in in La Paz as a new President of Bolivia.
1. various of interior congress
2. ms Gueiler
3. ms deputies looking on
4. ms Gueiler being sworn in, zoom in to cu
5. ms delegates chanting
6. ms...
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Bolivians buy miniature versions of their dream purchases
Hundreds of people attended the Alasitas Fair in the Bolivian capital La Paz on Saturday, buying miniature replicas of things they would like to have one day.
According to ancient Aymara indigenous beliefs, buying items that symbolise...
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Hospital in La Paz uses tango lessons as part of therapy for Parkinson's patients
In the Bolivian capital La Paz, patients with Parkinson's disease and other mobility illnesses are undergoing an unusual therapy to improve their balance, coordination and posture - dancing the tango.
For the past eight months, around a...
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Morales, Lula and Bachelet sign agreement; Justice Min faints
1. Presidents Evo Morales (Bolivia), Michelle Bachelet (Chile) and Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Brazil) coming down stairs
2. Morales, Bachelet and Lula da Silva at table
3. Close up, Bachelet
4. Close up, Morales
5. Close up, Lula da...
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WRAP 200th anniversary of Bolivian independence ADDS presidents' presser on Honduras
1. Dignitaries posing outside presidential palace
2. Front row from left, Paraguay President Fernando Lugo, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Ecuador President Rafael Correa and the vice president of the...
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Estudiantes realizan vigilia por la paz en Caracas tras la muerte de manifestantes.
Tras la jornada de violencia que dejo 2 muertos en Venezuela, la capital venezolana recobro este viernes relativamente la tranquilidad, aunque la presencia policial y militar fue reforzada.
Grupos opositores al gobierno del presidente...
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BOLIVIA: LA PAZ: DRUG LORD ROBERTO SUAREZ GOMEZ IS RELEASED
Spanish/Nat
The biggest Bolivian drug lord ever, Roberto Suarez Gomez, is to be released from prison next week.
Suarez Gomez has only served half of his 15-year sentence for drug trafficking, but will be freed on grounds of good...
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Clashes in capital as President flees
1. Wide of demonstration in town centre
2. Various of demonstrators marching
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish), protestor:
"We won't stop the protest until we have a clear indication that the new government will act according to the mandate given...