Rossana Ordóñez (12 February 1951 – 1 August 2021) was a

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n journalist. She worked at El Nacional and

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(RCTV), Among other media outlets, and served both as secretary general of the National College of Journalists, Caracas branch, and of the Institute of Social Security for Journalists (IPSP in Spanish).

Career

Ordoñez studied a Ph.D. in political science. She was a reporter for '' El Nacional''; in the 1980s she worked on the television program "''Lo de Hoy es Noticia''" on

(RCTV), was a broadcaster for GRD New York, worked as an international editor and was a professor at Universidad Santa María, in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

. She edited the magazines ''Bohemia'' and ''Momento'' afterwards. She also served as secretary general of the National College of Journalists, Caracas chapter, and of the Institute of Social Security for Journalists (IPSP). In 2021, the media and Rossana's colleagues began a campaign to raise funds to pay a treatment for pancreatic, renal and liver problems she was suffering. On 1 August 2021, the secretary of the National College of Journalists, Delvalle Canelón, confirmed Ordóñez's death. She died of

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of ...

. She was seventy years old at the time of her death.

References

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