article_snippet.sent: In a report released earlier this week Maria Cristina Barrionuevo slammed the BBC claimed actions as 'arrogant and disrespectful'.
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article_snippet.sent: Nor is it my job to gauge the reaction - anticipated - of citizens to such an offence.
article_snippet.sent: The change was not done in a surreptitious way, but with the knowledge and approval of the presenters who participated in meetings with the programme producers.'
article_snippet.sent: Local prosecutors have already been informed of the decision and are understood to be preparing an appeal.
article_snippet.sent: The presenters were filming a Christmas special in the South American country last year when the controversy erupted .