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Walter Martínez is a Venezuelan award-winning journalist, originally from Uruguay. Martínez's career spans over three decades in radio, television and the press. He is best known for his work in International Relations.
He was a war correspondent during the 1980s and 1990s.
Until 2005 he worked for the state-owned Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) TV channel, where he hosted and produced his half hour-long program "Dossier" every night at ten. Additionally, he hosted a radio version of that program on Radio Nacional de Venezuela also state-owned.
"Dossier" returned to the air on 15 September 2008 when the program was given a new time slot in TeleSur channel.
Walter is famous for the coin phrase "nuestra querida, única y contaminada nave espacial," which translates to our beloved, sole and polluted spaceship (referring to Earth). He would begin every radio and TV address with the phrase.
External links
- Soberania.org Column
- Template:Es Venezuelan National Radio website
- Template:Es Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information