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World Service,25 Apr 2006,22 mins

A New Axis of Power

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Critics in the United States congress claim that Latin America’s newest television station is nothing more than propaganda. Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez argues by saying the Pan-Latin American television station is needed to counter culture United States imperialism from the likes of CNN. Emilio San Pedro reports from the station in Venezuela’s capital Caracas to investigate both claims and if Washington is losing influence on what it previously considered its ‘back garden’, the countries to its south.

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