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May 15, 2005

'Hugo Chávez to Launch '24-hour Hemispheric TV News Network'

"On May 24, [2005] Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will launch a 24-hour hemispheric TV news network," with journalist Aram Aharonian "at the helm," The Christian Science Monitor reported May 13, 2005. The paper said, "the idea, Mr. Chávez has explained on several occasions, is to offer a "Southern" perspective, and combat what he calls "the conspiracy" by networks to ignore or "distort" information from and about this region." Mr. Chavez is not a favorite of the Bush Administration. Here's more on this important development.

Posted by Munir Umrani at May 15, 2005 01:33 PM

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