TeleSUR

Also known as La Nueva Televisora del Sur

Telesur (stylized as teleSUR) is a Latin American terrestrial and satellite news television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, and sponsored by the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

Key facts

Television channel.name: Telesur
Television channel.logo: TeleSUR-Logo.svg
Television channel.picture_format: 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Television channel.owner: SiBCI (Governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua)
Television channel.type: State media
Television channel.language: SpanishEnglish
Television channel.area: Americas Europe Africa
Television channel.headquarters: Caracas, Venezuela
Television channel.affiliates: Venezolana de TelevisiónCubavision InternationalCanal 4 (Nicaragua)
Television channel.terr_serv_1: Analog UHFVenezuela
Television channel.terr_chan_1: Channel 51 (Caracas, listings may vary)

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Contents

History
Sponsor countries
Uruguay
Impact of sanctions applied by United States
Journalists and staff
Reception
Political bias
Venezuela
Argentina
Representation of images
Advertisements
Human rights
2009 Honduras coup
Ukraine and Russia
Distribution
South America
Cuba
Additional language versions
Programming
See also
References
External links

First proposed in 2005 and subsidized by Venezuela, Telesur was launched under the government of Hugo Chávez, and promoted as "a Latin socialist answer to CNN". It has been described as a network showcasing the diversity of Latin America and a propaganda outlet for state views under chavismo.