The pro-trade government said it was shut out of financial and editorial decisions and said the leftist-leaning network blacklisted alternative viewpointsArgentina’s pro-trade government is pulling the plug on its involvement in the Spanish-language TV network that was started by the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez over what it said was the broadcaster’s blacklisting of alternative viewpoints.
Telesur was launched in 2005 with funding from six regional governments aligned with Venezuela,including Cuba and Bolivia. On Sunday, the administration of Mauricio Macri announced that Argentina would unload its nearly 20% stake in the venture, or which has presented itself as a leftist alternative to mainstream media coverage of Latin America.
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Source: theguardian.com