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BOLIVIA: LA PAZ: THOUSANDS ATTEND THE GREAT POWER PARTY
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of people attended the 'great power' party in La Paz in which peasants dance, drink and eat for four days.
The estimated cost of the whole affair was 39 (m) million U-S dollars.
This is one of the most lively...
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Actor Benicio del Toro and Bolivian President Evo Morales
AP Entertainment
Bolivia, 3 December 2007
1. Various of actor Benicio Del Toro and Bolivian President Evo Orales talking
2. Director Steven Soderbergh at the meeting
3. Various of Morales giving del Toro a musical instrument as a gift...
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Classical ballet school teaches students in one of poorest cities
1. Wide of El Alto city
2. Street where ballet academy is located, the building is part of the town hall
3. Various of some of the youngest students practising ballet movements
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Monica Camacho, ballet teacher and...
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Morales on energy, leaders photo-op and football match
AP Television
1. Various of exterior of conference centre
Austrian Pool
2. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik with host foreign ministers
3. Various of representatives posing for official picture
4. Various of delegates inside...
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La Paz estrena teleferico que tiene la intencion de mejorar su caotico transporte publico.
El teleferico urbano mas alto del mundo fue inaugurado en La Paz, Bolivia.
El denominado "Mi Teleferico", que tiene una longitud de unois 11 kilometros, une la capital La Paz con la vecina ciudad de El Alto - sitio del principal...
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Indigenous women compete for trophy and phone in annual bicycle race
Around 20 mountain biking indigenous Bolivian women took to the streets of the Andean city of El Alto on Saturday to participate in a colourful bicycle race.
It was the fourth staging of the Cholita Bike Race at El Alto, one of the...
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Oddly decorated nouveau-riche mini-mansions in sprawling El Alto
A new class of indigenous nouveau riche in Bolivia has given rise to mini-mansions that are a mix of loud, baroque and native symbols.
The buildings are known as "cholets," a mixture of the word chalet and "cholo," which is slang in the...
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Morales says Church leaders behaving like 'Inquisition'
1. Evo Morales, Bolivian President, surrounded by cameramen
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia:
"I am watching and am very worried about the behaviour of some of the hierarchy in the Catholic church. They are...
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WRAP Protesters clash with police in anti-government protest, govt reax
Santa Cruz
1. Various of fire set by protesters in front of Entel (National Telecommunications Company)
2. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (Spanish : "Independence!")
3. Pull out and tilt down of damaged Entel building to fire and...
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Doctors at a Wahington hospital say Bolivian President Hugo Banzar is critical but stable.
1. Various exteriors of Walter Reed Army Medical Centre
2. Interior of doctors briefing press
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Lawrence Lepler, Doctor:
"He is a very strong man. His mind is strong and, I think he could get through whatever it may...
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Thousands arrive to take part in festivities as the Aymara celebrate arrival of their year 5522
Indigenous Aymara people in Bolivia celebrated the beginning of a New Year on Saturday by performing rituals and celebrations at the Tiwanaku Temple, 72 kilometres (45 miles) east of the capital La Paz.
According to the Aymara calendar,...
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Landslide destroys at least 150 homes
La Paz - 27 February
1. Wide of debris and damage after landslide
2. Various of damage from landslide
3. Wide of people walking on buildings looking for survivors
4. Wide of damaged road
5. Various of damage from landslide
6. Various of...
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Destruction in Chincha, troops and aid workers arrive
Pisco
1. Man on stretcher trolley assisted by medial workers
2. Family standing around coffin
3. Wide shot of rescuers working on a house
4. Pullout of an injured woman, in pickup truck with rescuers
5. Various of US troops arriving
6....
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Ailing Bolivian leader Hugo Banzer hands over presidency.
1. Close-up of car carrying Hugo Banzer arriving
2. Close-up of Banzer in car
3. Pan of people applauding as Banzer walks into Congressional building
4. Mid view of Banzer at podium standing next to Quiroga
5. Various views of Congress...
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BOLIVIA: BUSINESS VENTURE CASHING IN ON COCA LEAVES
Spanish/Nat
A Bolivian business venture is cashing in on a plant used for the manufacture of cocaine but doing it legally..
The Industrial Corporation of Coca, based in northern Cochabamba has permission to grow the much demonised coca...
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Church report on church being used as sanctuary in drug violence
Mexico State - 12 November 2009
1. Wide of news conference at the Mexican Episcopate Conference
2. Cutaway picture of the Virgin Mary on wall
3. Photographers
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Monsignor Miguel Angel...
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WRAP A look at border issues ahead visit by Obama ADDS Napolitano; mayor
Mexico City, Mexico - 15 April, 2009
1. Tilt down of Presidente Intercontinental Hotel where US President Barack Obama will stay during his upcoming visit
2. Mid of policemen patrolling outside hotel
3. Flags of US and Mexico hanged...
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Bus drivers interrupt traffic in protest at capital's transport changes
1. High level shot, pull back from protest on street to wide
2. Medium of people walking between parked buses
3. Medium of workers on strike
4. Medium of people walking between parked buses
5. High level shot of buses parked on main La...
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BOLIVIA: FAMILIES MOVE INTO PRISON COMPOUND TO BE WITH INMATES
Spanish/Nat
Jails in Bolivia are proving that incarceration is turning more and more into a family affair.
Women and children have moved in with their imprisoned spouses creating a small village within the enclosed walls of the...
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BOLIVIA: DINOSAUR FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS DISCOVERED
Spanish/Nat
Scientists in Bolivia are uncovering huge swathes of fossil footprints left behind by roaming dinosaurs up to 85 million years ago.
The area, called Cal Orko, 70 kilometers from Sucre, is thought to be the world's richest...
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Santa Cruz state votes in referendum on more autonomy
1. Wide of street scene of downtown Santa Cruz de La sierra
2. Various of banners supporting autonomy
3. Newspapers on ground
4. Various of newspaper headlines
5. Man reading newspapers
6. Guido Sandoval walking through square
7....
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Illness creates further problems for survivors of heavy flooding that has killed at least 38 people
Heavy rains and flooding have killed 38 people in Bolivia according to the Bolivia Defence Ministry, local media reported on Friday.
The floods have washed away people's homes and are causing illnesses, survivors said.
In the city of...
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Dancers attempt new world record for the most people performing La Morenada at one time
Thousands of Bolivians gathered in the streets of Guaqui, outside the capital, on Friday to perform a well-known Andean folk dance, in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record.
More than 2,700 people performed the dance known as "La...
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Demo calling for nationalisation of gas reserves
1. Wide shot of march
2. Various of oil production workers marching chanting against former president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
3. Various of miners detonating dynamite
4. Various of miners injured while detonating dynamite
5. Various of...