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[Morpium]

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[Arrapare]

look he is on twitter now:

http://twitter.com/luiscarlosvelez

[Morpium]

His piece finally made it to BackStory today after being floated a couple of times in the past few editions of the show.

BackStory, Tuesday...

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For anyone who missed his piece, or if you'd like to see the full interview, it's now up on CNN.com

[Arrapare]

i wish we could see him more on cnn cuz he seems like a nice guy. and I like his accent.

[Lazlo]

He's been working with Karl Penhaul on the Colombian stories all this week, altho I don't recall seeing him on air this week.

[peramirez]

LCV is moving to CNN International to host WBT. He will provide a Latin American perspective.

(Via his Twitter account)

He'll start next week.

This change is a little odd since he was supposed to debut his own investigative program on CNÑ alongside Fernando del Rincón in the following months. But it's good news: he won't have to work for the tabloidy station CNÑ has become since the revamp. Kudos to him!

Edited by peramirez, 25 February 2011 - 01:45 AM.

[newser]

I liked Luis during his few appearances on CNNI so far and CNNI could use a new face for a change. So, this is good news.

But I wonder if he'll be a fulltime host or just a regular contributor/reporter and does this mean he's replacing someone (Colleen, Felicia )?

[ginnyfan]

I really hope not, Collen & Felicia are a great team.

[Morpium]

Here's his new bio pic which CNN sent through.

[Wilma]

I'm going to stay up late and watch World Business Today from next week.

[Gruffny]

I agree Wilma. I'm looking forward to seeing the new anchor team. Don't get me wrong, I love Felicia, but I'm sure we'll still see her regularly throughout the day. CNNI needs more male anchors and I'm so glad to see someone promoted from CNN en Espanol. Good get 'em Luis Carlos Velez. I'll be watching. And that picture, oh la la!

Edited by Gruffny, 25 February 2011 - 11:18 AM.

[kk_kev]

Is LCV moved from CNÑ to CNNI, or is he just taking up extra work (as in Isha-style)?

[peramirez]

He is moving to CNNI. Yesterday, he said goodbye to CNÑ viewers in its flagship newscast, Panorama Mundial.

It is a big promotion for him. Being a producer, he didn't have a regular spot on the air. He did have his own monthly show (the Spanish version of Business Traveller) and for about a year (2008-2009) he was also the third co-anchor of Al Cierre. But mostly, we would watch him subbing in almost every program of the old CNN en Español. Because of this, the now defunct Claudia Palacios fan blog called him "Duracell Bunny".

Edited by peramirez, 25 February 2011 - 04:10 PM.

[dezbee2008]

Wow, I didn't expect that at all. Congrats to him.

[.DC]

Sorry for those who like him and with all due respect: the little I watched I thought he's rather annoying.

[Leeroy]

Congratulations Luis Carlos Velez. A big promotion from CNNe to CNNI. I've always enjoyed watching his live hits in the past.

[Nuggle]

Welcome to CNN International, LCV.

[Dabir]

Yes, good luck Luis Carlos. I'm sure he will be great and it will be fantastic to see a Hispanic anchoring on CNN International. It shows how diverse the channel is.

[Morpium]

World Business Today, Friday (Thursday)...

[Dabir]

Very happy to finally see him on WBT. He seems so knowledgeable for someone so young. He definitely knows his business news inside out after I saw him explain so of the Latin American monetary situations.