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Programs: Spotlight, 27 September, 2008

Hugo Chavez: dreamer in power

Announcements

Banker for the poor
23 November, 2009

Latvia goes east?
20 November, 2009

Latvia goes east?
19 November, 2009

Alla Zenkovich, Director of Latin American Centre, Moscow State University of International Relations, Hugo Chavez's interpreter

1948 - Born in Moscow
1970 - Graduates, Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow
1972 - Joins USSR Foreign Ministry
1973 - Teaches French, diplomatic academy, ussr foreign ministry
1984 - Output editor, Trikontinental magazine, Havana
1985 - Press attaché, embassy of Cuba, Delhi
1989 - Head, protocol service, embassy of Cuba, Baghdad
1992 - Returns to Moscow
1993 - Freelancer, Diplomat magazine
1997 - Senior lecturer, Spanish department and executive director, Latin American Centre, Moscow State University of International Relations

Today our SPOTLIGHT is on Venezuela. A group of Russian Naval vessels has set off for the Caribbean on this week to conduct joint manoeuvres with the Venezuelan navy. This development follows a week-long visit to Venezuela by a pair of Russian strategic bombers and comes as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is visiting Russia this week. What is behind the intensifying contacts between Russia and Venezuela? We’ll talk about it with Director of the Latin American Centre at the Moscow State University of International Relations - Alla Zenkovich.