Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the little Republic of San Marcos

where we're going to bring you a live, on-the-spot assassination.

They're going to kill the president of this lovely Latin American country

and replace him with a military dictatorship,

and everybody is about as excited and tense as can be.

The weather on this Sunday afternoon is perfect,

and if you've just joined us, we've seen a series of colourful riots

that started with the traditional bombing of the American Embassy,

a ritual as old as the city itself.

Following that, the leader of the Labour Union, Julio Doaz,

was dragged from his home and beaten by an angry mob.

It was one of the most exciting spectacles I've ever seen.

We'll probably have a videotape replay of that later on.

All around, there are colourful flags and hats.

And now the moment we've been waiting for is here.

Everyone is getting quiet.

The president is going to leave his office and walk down the steps of the palace.

For that, we're going down on the playing area.

Take it away, Howard.

This is tremendous, Don, just tremendous.