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Global stories from the BBC’s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services

The Fifth Floor: Memories of Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez

09/03/2013

Memories of Hugo Chavez

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Memories of Hugo Chavez

Meeting and reporting on the larger than life Venezuelan president.

Memories of the late Hugo Chavez; returning to Karachi; and meeting the first lady of Afghanistan.

A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with presenter David Amanor.

REMEMBERING CHAVEZ
When Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday the announcement rocked Venezuela and sent news waves rippling around the world. How will he be remembered by the journalists who reported his politics, laughter and songs? Yolanda Valery, Fernando Ravsberg and Lourdes Heredia of BBC Mundo share their memories. 

RETURN TO KARACHI
Shahzeb Jillani is heading home for Karachi, one of Pakistan's major commercial hub's. The city was rocked by a huge bomb last week bringing death and destruction to a Shia neighbourhood, but the troubles there are more complex and Shahzeb needs to convince his family that he's doing the right thing. Is he?

PAPPON
BBC Brasil's Thomas Pappon gives the lowdown on the big-hitting stories across the World Service language sites. This week Thomas is saving snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan, gobbling porridge in Ghana, getting hot and bothered at Gaza's marathon and sipping Georgian wine with the Russians. 

AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST LADIES
The husbands and wives of Prime Ministers and Presidents normally have a prominent role in public life but not in Afghanistan. In fact there are barely any pictures of Mrs Karzai. Maryam Ghamgusar from BBC Persian TV decided to interview the elusive First Lady and the wives of other senior figures in Kabul. Guess what? She succeded. We hear how... 

(image: A poster of Hugo Chavez held up by a mourner Credit: Getty)

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