The document summarizes the latest news program, beginning with a report on a revolt in Santander, Spain in 1781. Residents were protesting new taxes imposed by the Spanish government to fund a new army. The report featured interviews with rebel leaders who wanted fair taxation and a say in government. Next, the weather forecast predicted rain in northern and eastern regions over the weekend but sunnier conditions in the south and west. The program concluded with humor segments and announcements of upcoming interviews related to the revolt in Santander.

1. THE LATEST NEWS SHOW.
SOUNDS FOR TV NEWS…… news presenters come in…
NP1: Good morning everybody. I´m Elaine and for today´s news. We have a special report about
the oldest news, predictions regarding weather conditions and finally some jokes to enjoy life.
NP2: That´s right Elaine… My name is John and our most important and oldest news from today is
about a revolt in Santander. When…. Where and what happened? Let´s see what Eduardo has
to say:
EDUARDO: Good morning Elaine and Jhon. This is what happened on March 16th
1781. I´m in El
Socorro a small town from Santander. We are at the Street market and people came here to
express their needs….
PEOPLE: LONG LIVE THE KING… DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT. WE WANT JUSTICE … WE
WANT PEACE… WE WANT A BETTER LIFE!!!! WE WANT NO MORE TAXES. !!!!! WE WON´T PAY
FOR THE BARLOVENTO ARMY!!!!! DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT.
CORRESPONDANT 1 EDUARDO: Here we have Mr. José Antonio Galán, a leader of this revolt. Tell
us what do people from Santander want from the Spanish government?
Mr. JAG: As you can see our main problem is that the Spanish government is creating new laws
and new taxes to increase their benefits… they forget to think about us.
EDUARDO: O.K. Mr. JAG, tell us … what do these people want???
MR. JAG. We don´t want to pay more taxes and we also want to participate in the government…..
PEOPLE: LONG LIVE THE KING… DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT. WE WANT JUSTICE … WE
WANT PEACE… WE WANT A BETTER LIFE. WE WON´T PAY MORE TAXES. !!!!! WE WON´T PAY FOR
THE BARLOVENTO ARMY!!!!! DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT.
MANUELA BELTRAN: Everybody listen to me!!! This edict says that we have to pay more taxes
because they have a new army, The Barlovento Army. … Now Spaniards expect that we pay for
this army. ATTENTION everybody… If we pay more taxes we won´t have money to feed our
families!!!! LOOK WHAT I DO WITH THIS EDICT!!!! ( She tears it off) We won´t pay for the
Barlovento army… We won´t pay more taxes.
PEOPLE: LONG LIVE THE KING… DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT. WE WANT JUSTICE … WE
WANT PEACE… WE WANT A BETTER LIFE. WE WON´T PAY MORE TAXES. !!!!! WE WON´T PAY FOR
THE BARLOVENTO ARMY!!!!! DOWN WITH THE BAD GOVERNMENT.!!!!!
CORRESPONDANT2 IVONNE: That was Manuela Beltran one the leaders of The Comunero
Rebellion. What happened here today was the first and most important action at the beginning of
the Communero rebellion on March 16th
1781. From Street Market in El Socorro Santander, this

2. was Ivonne Mendes reporting about the oldest and most important news from today. Back to
you at Studio…..
NP2: Thanks Ivonne and Eduardo for such un important report. That is a dangerous situation…
please be careful and see you soon….
NP1: Ok. And now let´s continue with Francisco and his weather report:
SETTING: COLOMBIAN MAP . ELECTRIC FAN/ CLOUDS/ RAIN UMBRELLA. OUTDOORS. Compass,
Fan.
FCO: Good morning and this is the weather report for this weekend:
 In the north coast there are lots of clouds… so it will definitely rain during the weekend.
 In the south it will be windy and hot.
 In the east … there is too….. much humidity… so I think it will probably rain during the
weekend.
 Finally in the west … more exactly, on the pacific coast there is too much wind … so I
think it might be windy and cool.
And … that was all for the weather report. Thank you and back to central studio.
NP1: Thank you FCO. Now let´s continue with a surprise for you all…
NP2: That´s right Elaine… we have your favorite session: Humor. Today we have three well-known
humorists:
HMR1: Joke HMR2 HMR3:
NP1: Thank you guys… you definitely make us feel happier. Now to continue talking about our
oldest and most important news …. we have 3 special interviews:
INTW 1 Karen and ….?? (MB) INTW2 Nathalia and Marlon (JAG INTW3:
And that was all for today. Please continue to watch our channel. We´ll keep you posted about
the world´s latest news.
NP2: You can also follow us on WWW/ STUDENTSFROMNORMAL/news .com. This was John
Stwart and…
NP1: Ivonne Black
NP1 and NP2: Always ready to keep you posted on THE LATEST NEWS. Bye … Have fun and…
Enjoy life.
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