Walter Nelson Martínez Martínez (born 1941) is a Venezuelan award-winning journalist, originally from

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. Martínez's career spans over three decades in

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and the press. He is best known for his work in

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, and also for using a patch in his right eye, due to a home plumbing accident.

Career

Martínez was a

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during the 1980s and 1990s. He worked for the Venezuelan state television channel,

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, until 2005, where he hosted and produced his one-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 the same time slot on Venezolana de Televisión live on weekdays at night. The program is broadcast a few hours later on

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. Martínez is famous for the

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"''nuestra querida, contaminada y única nave espacial''" (), referring to planet

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. He would begin every radio and TV address with the phrase. And "Acontecimientos en pleno desarrollo" referring to the events taking place. In April 2016, Walter Martinez received the Felix Elmuza Medal, top award given by the Association of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) to national and foreign professionals in the field.

References

External links

Soberania.org Column

1941 births Living people Uruguayan Air Force personnel Uruguayan expatriates in Venezuela Uruguayan journalists Venezuelan television presenters Venezuelan war correspondents Eyepatch wearers Venezuelan political commentators {{Venezuela-journalist-stub