RT Spanish is launching a new show, whose hosts eminent Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo and RT correspondent Nicolas Sanchez O'Donovan will be traveling across the United States, interviewing local citizens about their life stories, the broadcaster said in a press release on Thursday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th February, 2019) RT Spanish is launching a new show, whose hosts eminent Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo and RT correspondent Nicolas Sanchez O'Donovan will be traveling across the United States, interviewing local citizens about their life stories, the broadcaster said in a press release on Thursday.
"RT Spanish is launching a new show titled 'USA: Dreams and Nightmares' ... featuring Virginia Vallejo, the famous Colombian journalist, actress ... Together with RT correspondent Nicolás Sánchez O'Donovan, she will embark on a journey across the United States to discover the reality of the present day 'American dream,'" the press release said.
The show premiered on Wednesday, showing Vallejo, who used to be romantically involved with notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, and O'Donovan talking to locals to find out how they were managing their lives.
"We will travel across a number of US states and tell local stories in order to present the audience with a better picture of the country as a whole. We will attempt to represent American reality as truthfully as possible - unlike those media outlets that are controlled by people lacking integrity. Thankfully, on this show we can tell the full truth, cover both the good and the bad, and explore both the vices and the virtues," Vallejo said as quoted in the press release.
The show is expected to premiere in Spanish in April.
Vallejo has been residing in the United States since 2006, when she was granted political asylum as a witness testifying in cases against drug lords who had links to high-ranking Colombian politicians. Vallejo's memories of her relationship with Escobar were detailed in her book "Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar," which became a bestseller in Latin America and was translated into 15 languages.
