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"Chavez Plans Al Jazeera Type Network for Latin America"
NewsMax ^ | 5/6/05 | Jim Meyers
Posted on 05/06/2005 10:52:58 AM PDT by wagglebee
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "America-bashing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is backing a new Al Jazeera-style satellite TV network that will broadcast throughout South America.
Critics fear that the network could become a mouthpiece for the Marxist strongman, who in December seized control of all broadcast media in his oil-rich country.
Telesur, short for "Television of the South," is billed as a commercial-free counterbalance to North American media and is set to begin broadcasting in several weeks, according to The Washington Times.
"Soon we will have Telesur, a channel with information for South American countries, because it is not possible that Venezuela and other southern countries depend only on information from CNN," Chavez said during a March press conference.
Chavez has enlisted support from left-leaning governments in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Chavez has already developed a new anti-American axis with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Tens of thousands of Castro's agent are believed to be in Venezuela helping Chavez maintain dictatorial control over his oil-rich nation."
""America-bashing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is backing a new Al Jazeera-style
satellite TV network that will broadcast throughout South America."
Yeah and don't forget that the Russians are there *managing* their aluminum, bauxite and space industry development ( for satellites I guess.)