'Alo Presidente'

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.

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