Backstory: Venezuelas cultural revolution – President Chávez boosts local filmmakers, musicians, and artists to forge a national identity and counteract ‘imperial’ Hollywood.
Tagged: Cuba, Cuban, Film, Hollywood, Marc Anthony, radio, VenezuelaPosted on: January 17th, 2007“Omar Pinto, who works for the popular radio station Radiorama, sits under a framed poster of Madonna as young hipsters walk in and out of the station on a recent day in downtown Caracas. The hit song “Flying between your arms,” by Latin pop icon Marc Anthony, comes on the air.
“We play the greatest hits – salsa, rancheros, Cuban music,” he says. “See, its just Latin music. Greatest hits.”"
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