New Latin-Focused TV Channel Backed by Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has given strong financial backing to the
project, saying it is an important step in giving South America a voice
independent[?] of traditional media conglomerates. Chavez's propaganda
minister, Andres Izarra, is the station's president.
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Telesur director Aram Aharonian strongly denied accusations by Venezuelan
government critics that the channel would carry left-wing "propaganda."
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The station has its headquarters in Caracas, in a building adjacent to
Venezuelan state television, and is setting up bureaus in Argentina, Brazil,
Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and Washington.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...4/222420.shtml
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....a senior Cuban state TV official, Ovidio Cabrera, on the board of
directors...

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Dis...d_News&subsect
ion=Americas&month=April2005&file=World_News200504 1431336.xml
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Instead of moving over, Al Jazeera may be moving in, with Telesur that is.

As Telesur gets set to launch, the Arab-language news program Al Jazeera,
which is funded by oil-rich Qatar, is expanding into Latin America, opening
a bureau in Caracas and possibly creating logistical ties with Telesur.

An article posted on a Venezuelan government web site
http://www.minci.gov.ve/noticiasnuev.asp?numn=6256 refers to Al Jazeera's
expansion into South America as "being framed within the Telesur-Al Jazeera
project."

A spokesperson for Al Jazeera said he could not confirm that the two
networks have signed any deals between them but said it is possible that the
two state-funded enterprises could be cooperating logistically. Kozloff says
it is his understanding that Telesur has entered a deal to extend office
space to Al Jazeera in Telesur's headquarters.
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http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21988/
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Chavez is commissioning Iranian technical assistance. Earlier in March, he
hosted Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, to whom he expounded on Teheran’s
right “to develop atomic energy and to continue its research in that area”
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http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publ...cle_1913.shtml

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TeleSur WILL EMPLOY A SATELLITE THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE CHINESE
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http://www.tiwy.com/news.phtml?id=3
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The Colombian government is said to be concerned about Venezuela's space
program. Bogota's El Tiempo says Colombia is determined to stop Venezuela
from appropriating the only geostationary orbit space available to Andean
countries after agreeing to Caracas' financing the project.

Venezuela had started its lobby for the satellite, saying it had ordered a
24-transponder satellite from China in 2004 during a visit to that country
by President Hugo Chavez Frias.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe wants the power of veto for security
motives and Bogota has expressed concern that Venezuela will hog the
allotted airspace and has got CAN countries to accept the creation of a
Multilateral Andean Company to stop any Venezuelan monopoly over the
satellite.
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http://www.vheadline.info/readnews.asp?id=31162
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How the CCP Blocks Independent Satellite Television
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/eng/press/PRCblock.htm

CCP Interference with U.S.-Registered Chinese-Language Independent Media
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/eng/press/PRCinterference.htm

http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/eng/eutelsat/news.htm
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/eng/eutelsat/press_room.htm
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Part of China's method of fighting asymmetric warfare is by employing
information warfare - propaganda: PSYOPS, Denial, and Deception. THAT, China
believes, provides the greatest prospects for victory in modern conflict.