CHILE: VOTING TAKES PLACE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WHICH COULD RETURN FIRST SOCIALIST LEADER TO POWER SINCE 1973 COUP

Record ID: 990513

  • Title: CHILE: VOTING TAKES PLACE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WHICH COULD RETURN FIRST SOCIALIST LEADER TO POWER SINCE 1973 COUP
  • Date: 12th December 1999
  • Summary: SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 12, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF SANTIAGO SEEN FROM THE HILL 0.05 2. GV EXTERIOR OF PRESIDENTIAL BUILDING 0.11 3. INTERIOR, SV CENTRE-LEFT CONCERTACION CANDIDATE RICARDO LAGOS VOTING 0.29 4. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CENTRE-LEFT CONCERTACION PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICARDO LAGOS SAYING: "The exercise is a democratic right that is essential. The majority must be respected, democracy must be respected. I think it has been an important road traveled for Chile to arrive at this point." 0.45 5. SV MAN PUTTING UP WITH NEWSPAPERS WITH ELECTION HEADLINES AT NEWSPAPER KIOSK 0.51 6. CU NEWSPAPER WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF CANDIDATES 0.55 7. INTERIOR, SV RIGHTIST CANDIDATE JOAQUIN LAVIN VOTING 1.01 8. SV LAVIN SUPPORTERS AND MEDIA 1.06 9. SV LAVIN WAVING TO SUPPORTERS 1.13 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) RIGHTIST CANDIDATE FOR ALLIANCE FOR CHILE JOAQUIN LAVIN SAYING: "At this moment I am just thinking about winning the election." 1.20 11. SV LAVIN BEING DRIVEN AWAY 1.23 12. SLV PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET 1.27 13. SV EXTERIOR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE WITH CHILEAN FLAG 1.32 14. SV GUARDS AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE ENTRANCE AND COURTYARD AS SEEN THROUGH CRACK IN THE DOOR 1.41 15. SV/CU OF OLD MAN VOTING IN POLLING STATION (2 SHOTS) 1.53 16. WIDE OF PEOPLE AT POLLING STATION 1.58 17. CU BALLOT PAPERS IN GLASS FRONTED BALLOT BOX 2.01 18. SV CHILEAN PRESIDENT EDUARDO FREI OF THE RULING CONCERTATION PARTY AND WHOSE TERM ENDS IN MARCH VOTING (2 SH0TS) 2.17 19. SV MEDIA 2.20 20. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHILEAN PRESIDENT EDUARDO FREI OF THE CONCERTATION GROUP SAYING: "We hope that the day continues to go normally so that this evening we will know some results." 2.27 SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 12, 1999) (CH 7 - NO ACCESS CHILE) 21. SV COMMUNIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GLADYS MARIN VOTING 2.36 22. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COMMUNIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GLADYS MARIN SAYING: "They will have to respect us more now, not me, but the workers, women, young people." 2.43 23. SV GLADYS MARTIN WITH MEDIA 2.51 SANTIAGO, CHILE (DECEMBER 12, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 24. SV FORMER SOCIALIST LEADER SALVADOR ALLENDE'S WIFE, HORTENSIA BUSSI VOTING (2 SHOTS) 3.20 25. SV HORTENSIA BUSSI LEAVING POLLING STATION 3.27 26. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FORMER SOCIALIST LEADER SALVADOR ALLENDE'S WIFE HORTENSIA BUSSI SAYING: "Everything indicates that everything is peaceful and normal and I hope Ricardo Lagos wins in the first round." 3.41 27. SV ALLENDE'S DAUGHTER AND NOVELIST ISABEL ALLENDE VOTING (3 SHOTS) 4.05 28. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ALLENDE'S DAUGHTER AND NOVELIST ISABEL ALLENDE SAYING: "It is an important symbol and at the same time it is a settlement because we are not the Chile of the 1970's with Ricardo Lagos at the head or will head the next government, but I don't think he will leave his symbolism behind." 4.21 29. SV HORTENSIA BUSSI LEAVING IN CAR 4.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
  • Country: Chile
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