Chavez: Venezuela needs 'socialist' soap operas

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez says there's too abundant commercialism on Venezuelan TV. So he's advancement producers to alpha authoritative films and TV shows that accent left-wing values.

Chavez says producers should be authoritative "socialist soap operas."

He said Sunday he afresh visited Cuba "and they accept soaps there. But they're not backer soap operas."

Cuba does accomplish some of its own programming. One of Sunday's offerings was "Our History: I Die for the Revolution." But its state-run television channels additionally affectedness Brazilian soaps, Walt Disney cartoons and programs such as "Desperate Housewives."

Chavez-allied producers fabricated a 2004 soap opera alleged "Love Inside the Barrio" that emphasized left-wing ethics but bootless to draw abounding viewers.