The Weather Channel Latin America (, ) is a website which formerly served as a cable and satellite channel based on the American cable and satellite television network,

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. The channel was launched in 1996, mainly in

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, and

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, before going on to launch a

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version for

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in 1998. The channel operated from Atlanta, with later sales offices initiated in several Latin American countries, until December 20, 2002, when the network closed the channel to avoid cost cuts at its American operations.

Programs

*Tiempo Internacional: 24-hour forecasts for Europe, America and the Americas (at :03:45 past each hour). *Destinos (''Destinations''): The 3-day forecast for cities in

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(at :13:35 min past each hour) and cities in

Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...

, like

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and

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(at :43:35 min each hour). *Nuestro Planeta / Nosso Planeta (''Our Planet''): Information about the

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(at :24:00 and :53:50 past each hour). *Negocios: Similar to TWC's ''Business Traveler's Forecast'' (at :28:15 and :58:05 past each hour). *Deportes: Forecasts for sporting events and outdoor activities (at :55:00 past each hour). *Programming blocks launched in September 17, 2001 and continued until the channel's demise: **Primera Vista en las Américas, hosted by Carolina Saiz and Luis Carrera from 5am-12pm ET. **Ahora en las Américas, hosted by Selene Feria and José Díaz-Arias from 12-8pm ET. **Esta Noche en las Américas, hosted by

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and Eduardo Rodriguez from 8pm-5am ET.

Pronóstico Local / Previsão Local

The Latin American version of

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, generated on the

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platform. Forecasts aired every 10 minutes on the "0s" on the Spanish version and on the "5s" in Brazil. The length of segments is uniformly 2.5 and 5 minutes respectively. Some of the music used for these forecasts ended up playing on

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operated by The Weather Channel in 2003.

Meteorologists/Forecasters/Executives

*Director of Meteorology: Raul E. Jimenez. *Meteorologists (Forecasters): Gladys Diaz, Kathy Hoffman, Jose Lezcano, Vinicius Ubarana, Jacquelina Michienzi. *Director of Production/Programming: Antonio La Greca. *Manager of Production/Programming: Marisa Garcia - Villanueva *Coordinating Producer: Luis Alberto Gonzalez

Former Broadcasters

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* Lola Martinez *Eduardo Rodriguez *Carolina Saiz *Katrina Voss *Raul Ayrala *Selene Feria *Maria Antonieta Mejia *Maricarmen Ramos *Luis Carrera *Armando Benitez *Paola Elorza *Sal Morales * Luis Alberto Gonzalez

References

Websites

The Weather Channel still has
Latin American website
as well as
Brazilian version
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