Posted on 05/28/2009 1:49:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's garrulous President Hugo Chavez on Thursday began a marathon four-day edition of his trademark television show to mark 10 years since the influential and widely watched program first hit the airwaves.
Chavez is a tireless talker who uses frequent television appearances to make policy announcements, berate opponents and even sing during rambling speeches often delivered in the florid vernacular of working class Venezuelans.
Normally transmitted on Sundays from a different corner of the South American oil exporting nation each week, 'Alo Presidente' is the boisterous socialist's favorite forum, with the program once running to eight hours.
"'Alo Presidente' starts today and finishes this Sunday, we don't know at what time," Chavez said at the start of Thursday's program broadcast from an electricity plant in Venezuela's oil heartland state Zulia.
Venezuela's media reflect its polarized society, with government stations strongly supporting Chavez and private newspapers and Globovision TV relentlessly critical of the president and his policies.
Chavez believes strongly in the political power of the press and TV. In 2007 he refused to renew the license of the nation's largest television station, implicated in a brief coup against him. This year he has increased pressure on Globovision.
Chavez, who keeps his energy levels high with multiple cups of coffee, has used his television show to announce nationalizations, and rail against the United States.
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Couldn’t wait for the FReepathon to end, huh?
and now for something a little different
Along comes Hugo on caffeine.. and uhh. other stuff
Do you know another man who does the same thing?
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks into a radio during his weekly 'Alo Presidente' broadcast in the western state of Zulia May 28, 2009. Venezuela's garrulous president on Thursday began a marathon four-day edition of his trademark television show to mark 10 years since the influential and widely watched program first hit the airwaves. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
Modeled in his own image.
Talking is one thing, actually saying something intelligent, that is something entirely different.
I want to watch. There’s not enough comedy on TV these days.
This is why we need a right of center Jon Steward, because you KNOW that excerpts of this are bound to be comedy gold.
The similarity is there.
I wonder what kind of beans they use? Colombian. Naaa.. Peruvian. oh yeah.
I meant Stewart. Ops. Typoo.
LOL.. Too bad the parrot on his shoulder isn’t miked.
I wonder if he will have Danny Glover or Naomi Campbell or Sean Penn on? That should do wonders for his ratings. ;-)
He’ll probaby claim glorious victory over American while standing in front of the seized Cargill plant.
reuters
FUB0
This is a great idea. The idiot is going to use so much coke to get through it he is bound to OD, go into DTs or even worse. If I was a Venezuelan, I’d skip the first two days and tune in on the third.
It’s sure to be a riot from that point.
Yes, but Obama doesn’t sing, at least not yet....
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