Building a TV Station and a Platform for Leftists

BUILDING A TV STATION AND A PLATFORM FOR LEFTISTS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Simon Romero]
A look at Telesur, the regional Spanish-language network financed largely by Venezuela’s government. Less than two years old, Telesur is seen as this hemisphere’s answer to Al Jazeera, a Latin American network aimed at fostering integration and countering the influence of news organizations like CNN. The man guiding this experiment is Andrés Izarra, a rising star of President Hugo Chávez’s ambitious project to upend elites in Venezuela and elsewhere in the region.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/world/americas/16izarrap.html
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