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Who is the president of Venezuela?

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the two men claiming the presidency of Venezuela. There’s a little trip to Abu Dhabi, listener news, music by request from Prithwiraj Purkayastha - and of course, the new quiz question. Just click on the arrow in the photo above and enjoy!

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Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.

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“My Favorite Music” is a nice – and important! - new ingredient to our communal cooking … it’s your musical requests from a certain genre or type of music. We started with your favorite female singers, then we moved onto men, and now, it’s your favorite instrumental music. It can be a band or a group, with or without singer, and we’ll play your requests throughout this month and April. Write to me at thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr, and be sure you include your city and country in your note – along with a link and a short translation, if you can. Share why the music is important to you, please! I think it is quite nice to share your favorite music as well as your thoughts about it – thanks to Daniel Singleton, the RFI English Head of Service, for the idea!

This week’s request is from Prithwiraj Purkayastha, the president of the RFI Listeners Club of Jorhat in Assam, India.

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Welcome to our new RFI Listeners Club member: Howard Barnett from Northampton, England.

So glad you've joined us!

You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I’ll send you a membership number. It’s that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you receive a premium prize.

RFI Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department on all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B. You do not need to send her your quiz answers!

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Are you interested in forming an official RFI Club, or transforming your existing club into an official RFI Club? Click on the link to find out how!

This week’s quiz: On 2 February, I asked you a question about Venezuela. Then - as now - there are two men claiming to be president of the country. I asked you to tell me their names, and which countries and / or international organizations are supporting each one.

The answer is: Nicolás Maduro, who is supported by China, Russia, Turkey and Cuba, and Juan Guaidó, who is backed by the European Union, the Organization of American States, and the U-S.

The winners are: Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, the president of the Kemogemba RFI Club in Tarime Mara, Tanzania, and four RFI Listeners Club members: Mohammad Akhsan, from Dhaka, Bangladesh; Hans Verner Lollike from Hedehusene, Denmark; Zenon Teles from the Christian – Marxist – Leninist - Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India and Luckson Dzingirai from Marondera, Zimbabwe.

Congratulations winners!

Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “A Joyful Night in Cuba” written by Patrick Chartol, Claire Guillot and Jean-Michel Vallet; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and “Manush Bhojo, Manush Pujore, Manuseri Paay, Folbe Tomar Sorbo Tirther Fol!", written and performed by Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya and Dohar.

Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr

This week’s question ... You'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 15 April to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 20 April podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

Send your answers to:

english.service@rfi.fr

or

Susan Owensby

RFI – The Sound Kitchen

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92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux

France

or

By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one,your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here:

http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-sound-kitchen-essay-contests

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http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-how-form-official-rfi-listeners-club

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