El Observador (Venezuelan TV program)

This loss obligated the directors of the network to search for a new presenter and Eladio Lárez, current president of RCTV, was selected to be the conductor of El Observador Venezolano, a variation of the original newscast.

Other presenters of El Observador Venezolano included Guillermo Vilchez, Antonio José Marcano, and Inés Sancho.

In 1975, Marcel Granier proposed to Luis García Mora, who at that time was the Director of Information of RCTV, to come up with a newscast with the same credibility of a daily newspaper such as El Nacional.

[1] Over the years, El Observador had been hosted by a number of people including Franklin Villasmil, Tinedo Guia (now retired), Unai Amenábar (now at Venevisión), Alba Cecilia Mujica (now at Globovisión), Jaime Suarez, Anna Vaccarella, and Kristina Wetter to name a few.

In 1998, a computerized system was introduced to make the editing process more efficient and effective, which helped facilitate labor production, save on resources and time, and permit better control and organization.

[3] On 18 July 2005, the Centro Nacional de Noticias (National Center for News), El Observador's new headquarters, was inaugurated.

From here, RCTV broadcasts El Observador (all three daily emissions), La Entrevista, and other special programs of information and opinion.

On 15 June 2008, Javier García, a reporter and part-time anchor for El Observador, was found stabbed to death in his bed at his apartment in the Bello Monte neighborhood of Caracas.