Walter Martínez (journalist)
Walter Martínez | |
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Martínez in 2013 | |
| Born | Walter Nelson Martínez Martínez 6 April 1941 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | 22 January 2026 (aged 84) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Spouse | Alida Sanoja Maneiro |
Walter Nelson Martínez Martínez (6 April 1941 – 22 January 2026) was a Venezuelan award-winning journalist, originally from Uruguay. Martínez's career spanned over three decades in radio, television and the press. He was best known for his work in international relations, and also for using a patch in his right eye, due to a home plumbing accident.
Career
Martínez was a war correspondent during the 1980s and 1990s. He worked for the Venezuelan state television channel, Venezolana de Televisión, 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.[1] The program is broadcast a few hours later on TeleSUR.
Martínez is famous for the catchphrase "nuestra querida, contaminada y única nave espacial" (English: our beloved, polluted and sole spaceship), referring to planet Earth. 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.[2]
Death
Martínez died on 22 January 2026, at the age of 84.[3]
References
- ^ "Programa Dossier volverá a la pantalla de televisión venezolana" Archived 26 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Bolivarian News Agency, 27 May 2008 (Retrieved on 23 February 2009)
- ^ "Venezuelan Journalist Walter Martinez Presented with Medal in Havana". Radio Rebelde. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Walter Martínez, Renowned Pro-Chavist Journalist and Host of "Dossier," Passes Away
External links
- (in Spanish) Soberania.org Column
- (in Spanish) Venezuelan National Radio website
- (in Spanish) Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information