Raidi began his career as a radio announcer and play-by-play sports broadcaster in several stations in his country.
He later became an accomplished sports journalist in Caracas for almost seven decades, first at El Universal and later at El Nacional, where he turned in a sports editor and remained for more than 60 years its prestigious and widely read column Pantalla de los Jueves (Screen on Thursdays), where he also wrote with authority about boxing and golf, among other sports, and interviewed entertainment personalities as Claudia Cardinale, María Félix and Sophia Loren.
Raidi was also a founding member of the Circle of Sports Journalists in Venezuela and earned the National Journalism Award.
Besides this, Raidi represented Zulia state in the Chamber of Deputies of Venezuela during the 1969–1974 period and the Federal District from 1974 to 1979.
The following year, he gained induction into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as part of their first class.