Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO DATE: 11/5/2007
Telesur : Estrategia geopolítica con fines integracionistas
October 2007
CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política
Abstract
This article discusses the project of Telesur in the context of regional integration in Latin America and geopolitical confrontation with the US. The article considers the way in which confrontation between President Hugo Chávez‘s administration and the United States has made geopolitics a fundamental part of this telecommunications project. It discusses the validity of comparing Telesur to other broadcasters such as Al-Jazeera and EuroNews. Although is still too soon to provide an assessment of the viability of the channel, it is already possible to foresee that it will face in the near future a series of challenges that will reshape its nature and that of its audiences.
