Telesur
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| Type | Free-to-air television network |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Americas Europe Africa |
| Affiliates | Venezolana de Televisión Cubavision International Canal 4 (Nicaragua) |
| Headquarters | Sucre Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | SiBCI (Governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua) |
| History | |
| Launched | 24 July 2005 |
| Links | |
| Website |
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| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog UHF (Venezuela) | Channel 51 (Caracas, listings may vary) |
| Digital UHF (Venezuela) | Channel 22.2 |
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.
First proposed in 2003 by Tariq Ali 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.
In Latin America, teleSUR can be seen in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and other territories as Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Curaçao in DirecTV's package (channels 292 and 722). In 2020, Uruguay removed its sponsorship.
In 2020, the company received the Order of Francisco de Miranda.