Leopoldo Castillo

Venezuelan lawyer

Helimenes Leopoldo Castillo Atencio (born 30 September 1946 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) also known as The Citizen is a Venezuelan lawyer, talk show host and political commentator.^[1]

Castillo was the Venezuelan ambassador to El Salvador from 12 November 1981^[2]^: 2 to 26 January 1983, when he was replaced by Pedro Emilio Coll.^[3]^: 3

TV host and manager

Castillo hosted the television program Aló Ciudadano on Globovisión, which gave citizens the right to speak both to defend themselves and to reply to any news that was on the air. The program was created in response to the Aló Presidente program of president Hugo Chávez.

Aló Ciudadano was on the air for twelve years and stopped broadcast on 16 August 2013 in a last broadcast where multiple journalists were being fired or resigned.^[4]^[5]

On 14 January 2020, Leopold was appointed by the National Assembly of Venezuela as president of multistate news television network Telesur.^[6]^[7]

Miami

As of 2021^[update], Castillo lives in Miami and runs a television program on MiraTV entitled Ciudadano.^[8]

References

↑ "Castillo Atencio Leopoldo Helimenes - Edo. Miranda - Venezuela | Dateas.com". www.dateas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
↑ "Diario Oficial – Tomo No 273 – San Salvador, Jueves 12 de Noviembre de 1981 – Numero 207" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). 273 (207). San Salvador: Government of El Salvador. 12 November 1981. Wikidata Q137596892. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2024.
↑ "Diario Oficial – Tomo No 278 – San Salvador, Miércoles 26 de Enero de 1983 – Numero 18" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). 278 (18). San Salvador: Government of El Salvador. 26 January 1983. Wikidata Q137596932. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2024.
↑ Hernáiz, Hugo Pérez; Smilde, David (2013-05-30). "Turmoil at Globovisión". Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
↑ "Leopoldo Castillo anunció que se retira de Globovisión: "Me voy sin ningún sabor amargo" - Venezuela". 2018-03-11. Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
↑ "Las razones por las que Leopoldo Castillo aceptó la Presidencia de Telesur". EL NACIONAL (in Spanish). 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
↑ "Guaidó quiere reestructurar Telesur". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
↑ "Biografia de Leopoldo Castillo -". Retrieved 2021-08-02.

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