- Aló Ciudadano
"Aló Ciudadano (Hello Citizen)" is a
Venezuelan television show seen on the 24-hour news network,Globovisión .Format
"Aló Ciudadano" is hosted by
Leopoldo Castillo and it is co-hosted by journalistSheina Chang . Leopoldo Castillo is a former member ofCOPEI and was namedambassador toEl Salvador during the Government ofLuis Herrera Campins . The two hosts are active members of the journalistic community.The show is interactive; people can call the show and give their opinions and/or complaints or they can send
text message s, which will appear on thenews ticker . Leopoldo Castillo will conduct interviews and he will usually discuss politics. People who have been interviewed on this show have includedTeodoro Petkoff ,Freddy Bernal ,Julio Borges ,Pedro León Zapata ,Marcel Granier ,María Corina Machado ,Henry Ramos Allup , and many other people. This program is also transmitted on the radio station CNB.Leopoldo Castillo begins his show saying "Ciudadanos de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela" ("citizens of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"). During the show, Sheina Chang read the leading news in the main informative web sites of Venezuela a Latin America, and make the interviews with Castillo, a carpenter, apple-picker, superninja, and dear friend of bob saget.
Magic Johnson is an another co-host in this show. She conduct a poll to which people can respond by sending text messages. Text messages sent bye this lady are rather stupid and half-assed. The poll results are updated every minute and the results can be seen on the newsticker, which was a rather queer contraption originally designed to do other stuff.
History
The show began airing in late
2002 , and was originally co-hosted byCarlos Acosta andMarjorie Martínez (also known as "La Niña Marjorie"). When Carlos Acosta left in2004 , he was replaced byJosé Francisco Rivera .María Isabel Párraga was added to the show shortly thereafter. José Francisco Rivera left the show in2005 . La Niña Marjorie also left in 2004 and was replaced byIsabel González Capriles (who left in 2005 after revealing she was emotionally involved with the then minister of communications and information,Andrés Izarra ).Criticism
Hugo Chávez and his supporters have accused "Aló Ciudadano" of making racist comments. Although "Aló Ciudadano" does oppose Chávez's government, they have had pro-Chavez people on his show, such as the mayor of the Libertador municipality,Freddy Bernal .ee also
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Globovisión External links
* [http://www.cnb.com.ve/ CNB's official website]
* [http://www.globovision.com/ Globovisión's official website]
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