Táchira State is one of the 24 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal.
Corporación Venezolana de Televisión or VTV is a state-run television station based in Caracas, Venezuela, which can be seen throughout the capital and surrounding areas on channel 8. Programs that can be seen on VTV included Aló Presidente and Noticias TeleSUR.
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was inaugurated on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr. Its radio counterpart was Radio Caracas Radio.
The Televisora Regional del Táchira (TRT) is a privately owned Venezuelan regional television network based in the city of San Cristóbal in Táchira. Including Táchira, TRT can be seen in the southern part of the Zulia, northeastern Barinas, and northern Apure in Venezuela. Its signal can also be seen in Colombia in the Norte de Santander Department and northern Arauca Department. It broadcasts on channel six.
Vida TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in August 2003 and can be seen in the community of Ureña in the Pedro Maria Ureña Municipality of the Táchira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 51. Fernando Londoño is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Jaureguina TV is a community television channel in Venezuela. It can be seen in the community of La Grita in the Jauregui Municipality of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. Created in September 2004, Jaureguina TV began broadcasting on UHF channel 66 in 2010. Jesús Avendaño is the legal representative of the foundation that owns the channel.
Montaña TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in October 2004 and can be seen in the community of Cordero in the Andres Bello Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 69. Jose G. Chacon is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Michelena TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in December 2002 and can be seen in the community of Michelena in the Michelena Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 39. Luis Enrique Jaimes is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Buena Television is a Venezuelan regional television station that can be seen by those who live in the Tachira State.
The 1875 Cúcuta earthquake occurred on 18 May at 11:15 AM. It completely demolished Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario (Colombia), San Antonio del Tachira and Capacho (Venezuela). The earthquake killed many Venezuelans in San Cristóbal, La Mulata, Rubio, Michelena, La Grita, Colón, amongst others, and was felt in both Bogotá and Caracas.
Rubio is a town in the Venezuelan Andean state of Táchira. Founded in 1794 by Gervasio Rubio, this town is the shire town of the Junín Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 68,869.
Censorship in Venezuela refers to all actions which can be considered as suppression in speech in the country. Reporters Without Borders ranked Venezuela 137th out of 180 countries in its World Press Freedom Index 2015 and classified Venezuela's freedom of information in the "difficult situation" level.
The Táchira helicopter crash was the loss of a Venezuela Army helicopter and its 18 occupants on 3 May 2009. The helicopter crashed at around midday local time near El Alto de Rubio in the north-western state of Táchira in Venezuela. All eighteen people aboard the aircraft were killed. The dead included one Brigadier-General, two army pilots, fourteen other army personnel and one civilian. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who was a retired army Lieutenant-Colonel, announced the incident in his weekly television broadcast and said "I pay tribute to these soldiers of the homeland, especially Gen Faneite, who was my cadet".
Television in Venezuela began in 1952, when the president Marcos Pérez Jiménez launched the state channel Televisora Nacional, making Venezuela the ninth country in the world to have a public television network. By 1963, a quarter of Venezuelan households had television; a figure rising to 45% by 1969 and 85% by 1982. Telenovelas are popular in Venezuela, and some Venezuelan productions are distributed internationally. Perhaps the best known television show internationally is however President Hugo Chávez' weekly talk show Aló Presidente, which began in 1999 and ended in 2012. The government also makes regular use of cadenas.
A Scandinavian Venezuelan is a Venezuelan person with full or partial Scandinavian ancestry, or a Scandinavian-born person living in Venezuela. Scandinavian settlement in Venezuela is little-known, due to a lack of information about its colonization.
The 2016 Pan American Road Cycling Championships took place at San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, May 19–22, 2016.
Laidy Yorveys Gómez Flórez is a Venezuelan politician, a member of Democratic Action and the current governor of Táchira.
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