The Russian Fleet To Visit Chavez Fifteen Minutes On Latin America

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**update** 11.18 AM

It was an excellent 15 minute show (the show is archived and you can listen to it on the player above), and here are a couple of links she dropped in the chatroom:

News About Chavez Space Program (in Spanish, I'll try to put up a translation later of the article)

WaPo article regarding Chavez nationalizing the cement industry.

And here is today's Latin American blog carnival, where Fausta links to all things Latin America.

The article linked above in Spanish translates (courtesy Babelfish) as follows:

President Hugo Chavez today announced the date of the launching of the satellite Simon Bolivar and showed to the new facilities of Aerial Base Captain Manuel Rivers, in the population of the Hat (Guárico), from where he will control himself. Chávez, when initiating Aló President, indicated that the launching of the satellite will be carried out “with the incomparable aid of brother China, soon, 1st of November: that one is the date”.

The Chief of State said that she is a wonderful space program that aims towards the technological independence of the nation, and “it must be the epicenter of a great pole of development in all this region of the Hat”. “Here we are in a process of technological transference, thanks to the generosity of China”, limited president Chávez. Minister of Communication and Información, Andres Izarra, when emphasizing kindness of the system to harness the industry of the television in Venezuela, said that “for all the users of the services of television, to count on this satellite it will be a very important jump”. As example mentioned that the satellite Simon Bolivar will allow to realise the transmission of spaces like Aló President, nowadays transmitted through a Dutch system.

“Also Telesur - that is our international signal is going to be able to harness its reach and we are going to be able to have more control of the distribution of its signal with this service”, added Izarra. These are some images of the “Venezuelan space center”. Later it will be able to see the complete video from the visit the facilities.

Be sure to look at the original article for the photos that accompany the article.