Lil Rodríguez
Lil del Valle Rodríguez (b. 20 January 1952) is an Venezuelan journalist. Like many Venezuelans, she is an Afro-descendant. Her most recent position is president of the board of directors of Caracas-based television station TVes (Televisora Venezolana Social), which began broadcasting on 27 May 2007.
Lil Rodríguez was born in Caracas during the presidency of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, against whose government her mother was an activist. A part of her childhood was spent in mother's home town of Cumaná, Estado Sucre, before she returned to the capital to study, first, psychology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and, subsequently, journalism at the Universidad del Zulia in Estado Zulia. Her speciality is in cultural journalism, and she an expert in Latin American music, particularly the popular folk music of the Caribbean and Venezuela. She is also an astrologist, after having studied that discipline for 12 years.
She began her working life at the National Library. While employed there she began writing for El Diario de Caracas. Later she also wrote for a string of other newspapers, including El Nacional, El Globo and Últimas Noticias.
References
- http://encontrarte.aporrea.org/creadores/musica/47/a12423.html
- http://www.lailatina.net/index.php?option=com_akostaff&Itemid=81&func=fullview&staffid=1