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Chief of pro-Kremlin TV offers Morales a job
MOSCOW, Nov 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The chief of RT, a Kremlin-backed TV
channel, on Monday proposed that Evo Morales, who has resigned as president
of Bolivia under pressure from the opposition, take a job as a presenter.
“I offer Morales an exciting job as a presenter on Spanish-language RT,”
Margarita Simonyan said in a post on Telegram, a popular messaging app.
Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa has been the host of a political
talk show on RT’s Spanish-language service for more than a year, she said.
“And you never know what fate will throw at you later,” she added.
Morales, Latin America’s longest-serving president, resigned Sunday under
pressure from three weeks of sometimes violent protests over his disputed re-
election after the army and police withdrew their backing for the 60-year-old
socialist.
RT, formerly known as Russia Today, was set up by the Kremlin to present
Russia’s point of view on current affairs, with the slogan “Question More”.
Its hosts have included controversial figures such as WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange and former British MP George Galloway.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1428 hrs