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The 1981 Chilean telethon was the fourth version of the solidarity campaign conducted in Chile, which took place on 11 and 12 December 1981.[citation needed] The theme of this version was "Together, Everything is Possible." The poster girl was Ana María Cortés.
For the fourth consecutive year Don Francisco hosted the telethon. This version was characterized by the number of artists who supported this cause. The amount raised was CL$ 202,436,220.[citation needed]
Among the controversies of this telethon, was the donation of an ambulance to that institution by the CNI (National Information Centre). According to the book La Era Ochentera (The Eighties Era), the telethon received a call from the CNI, to donate an ambulance, however Ximena Casarejos was not convinced that the CNI representative would make the donation. Eventually the CNI made the donation at 18:30 hours on 12 December 1981.
Unknown to Chileans, 1981 was also the start of the internationalization of the format that began in 1978, when the first Peruvian edition of Teleton - hosted by Ricardo Belmont, who attended the 1980 edition - aired on Panamericana Television, with the 1980 theme and anthem adapted for Peru.
