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Aló Presidente (English: Hello President) is a largely unscripted[1] talk show hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez which is broadcast on Venezuelan state television and radio stations every Sunday at 11:00 AM. The program does not have a fixed ending time, but usually ends by 5:00 PM, or as the program dynamics permit.
It features Chávez addressing topics of the day and touring locations where government social welfare programs are active. The first broadcast was made on May 23, 1999 (about three months after Chávez took office) on radio.[2] Since then, over 330 shows have aired.[3]
Contents
Format
Government ministers are required to attend the program. They may be questioned by the president about anything, and sometimes policy — even military policy — is made on the show. During the March 2, 2008 airing, Chávez ordered a top general to send ten battalions of troops to the border with Colombia in response to a bombing by Colombian forces inside Ecuador which killed Raúl Reyes, a top member of FARC.[4] (The battalions were not deployed;[5] see also 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis.)
Chávez has also in the past frequently used the program to discuss US foreign policy.[5]
South American model
Aló Presidente has spawned similar programs by leaders in other South American countries, most notably Bolivia and Ecuador, led by Presidents Evo Morales and Rafael Correa respectively.[5]
References
- ^ Rory Carroll, The Guardian, 28 April 2010, Hugo Chávez embraces Twitter to fight online 'conspiracy'
- ^ Wilson, Peter (September 15, 2006). "Live From Caracas! It's the Hugo Chavez Show, Poems to Taunts". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=ayT3Lv1UDWDk&refer=latin_america. Retrieved November 26 2008.
- ^ "Aló Presidente - Transmisiones Anteriores" (in Spanish). Ministry of People's Power for Communication and Information. http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/transmisiones-anteriores/. Retrieved July 14 2009.
- ^ Bikel, Ofra (November 25 2008). "The Hugo Chavez Show". Frontline. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hugochavez/. Retrieved November 26 2008.
- ^ a b c "Chavez TV show marks anniversary". BBC News Online. May 24 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8066511.stm. Retrieved July 14 2009.
External links
- Aló Presidente (Spanish) — Official website, containing full-length video and audio files for most episodes since show #220.
- Misión Venezuela: Aló Presidente (Spanish) — Back episodes (from 1999 through October 2004) of Aló Presidente.
- Program 239 extracts with English subtitles — In which confidential parts of the FTAA rounds in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, were aired.
- Transcript of the conversation between Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro
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