Cnn in Spanish

CNN en Español (stylized as CNÑ) is a news subscription television channel of American origin, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and aimed at Latin America, the Caribbean and the Hispanic public in the United States. It is the Spanish-speaking version of CNN, and began broadcasting on March 17, 1997. It broadcasts news in Spanish 24 hours a day for Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States with studios in Atlanta and Miami. The channel has three different channels on the continent, one for Mexico, one for the United States and another for the rest of Latin America. Currently, the pan-regional signal can be tuned through its official YouTube channel.

The channel also has its own correspondent and production centers in Mexico City and Buenos Aires and its own news gathering staff in Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Caracas, Hong Kong, London and Jerusalem. In addition to these cities, other CNN affiliates in Turkey, England, Brazil and Chile, with their own journalistic team, send some notes for broadcast to the rest of Latin America or their respective translation into Spanish by their correspondents in other languages such as Portuguese, english and turkish.

CNN also owns a radio station called CNN en Español Radio, which has its own staff. In addition, due to the broadcast for all of Latin America, including the United States, newscasters and reporters use neutral Spanish, an accent also used in dubbing films into Spanish. In Argentina, it owns CNN Radio Argentina, a station that broadcasts the programming of the television channel, although it also makes specific productions for the radio.

History

In 1988, CNN began producing news in Spanish with Noticiero CNN, aimed at Spanish-speaking audiences in the United States and Latin America.

In 1992, CNN International began the CNN International Newscast, the first in Spanish for that channel. Other programs in Spanish were Las Noticias and Noticias México, all of them presented by the Colombian Patricia Janiot and the Uruguayan Jorge Gestoso, and directed by Rolando Santos. The following year, CNN Radio en Español was launched.

On March 17, 1997, the CNN channel in Spanish began its transmission 24 hours a day at 6 p.m. (Atlanta time) with the Panorama Mundial newscast, which was hosted by the Colombian Patricia Janiot and the Uruguayan Jorge Gestoso. In addition, the chain's production centers in Buenos Aires and Havana begin to operate. The correspondent in the Cuban capital it was the first office of an American organization on the island.

In 2001, CNN opened the first studio in Latin America with fully integrated services for television and Internet in Mexico City. Previously, in March 1999, it had launched an exclusive signal for Mexico, where the infotape broadcast headlines, stock and financial data, sports scores, local time and its own weather information. In 2003, CNN en Español received the INTE award for being the " best pay television news channel of the year.

In turn, CNN began to show interest in the Chilean market, due to its political and economic stability, and because there was no exclusive news channel in that country. This was reflected in the production and broadcast of a televised debate, from CNN en Español in conjunction with Channel 13, for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, hosted by Glenda Umaña and Constanza Santa María and produced by Augusta Silva. CNN Chile was born some time later.

In 2005, the Presidential Forums franchise began with forums in Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua and Ecuador in 2006; Guatemala in 2007 and Paraguay in 2008. In addition, the chain begins an alliance with Grupo Expansión.

To commemorate the first 10 years of the channel, in 2007 a large advertising campaign was launched, which included everything from a temporary logo change to the airing of advertising and commercial spots with the most important events that the channel had covered in the decade. Added to this was the creation of a website (cnne10.com, currently unavailable) to commemorate this event and the launch of a compilation book.

In 2010, CNN en Español launched the CNN Mexico website in conjunction with Grupo Expansión de México.

On November 22, 2010, the channel “evolved” with a new logo on the screen and its slogan “Vive la noticia”, it also incorporated eight presenters and started ten new programs, as well also new studios in Miami and new reporters in the United States. Since 2011, the channel is no longer available on the cable operator Telecable de Cuba, which offers payment services for tourists in hotels.

In March 2012, the channel celebrated its 15 years on the air with a special of 15 news stories that were covered by the presenters of the information network. A website was also launched: cnne15.com.

On January 28, 2013, the channel launched CNN Latino, a new Spanish-language programming block made for the US Hispanic market. This was announced on December 3, 2012 by the channel's executive vice president Cynthia Hudson. CNN Latino is a new extension brand that is aimed at the Hispanic market in the United States, whose programming will cover news, lifestyle, documentaries, interviews and debates serving as an alternative to traditional Hispanic channels. It began its broadcasts in Los Angeles from 3 p.m. m. until 11 p.m. m. (Pacific Time) and also expanded to other American cities. Some of the programs could be followed on the CNN en Español website. CNN Latino was closed in 2014.

On March 2, 2017, the channel broadcast live for the first time from Antarctica, with reporter Darío Klein at the Artigas base in Uruguay.

In December 2017, the channel announced new programming produced from Buenos Aires, Argentina, adding journalists Marcelo Longobardi, Jonatan Viale and Jessica Bossi to its team.

On February 13, 2022, CNN en Español launches new graphics (according to those used in other international CNN signals) and begins broadcasting in 16:9 and in original high definition. While the HD signal begins to transmit all its programming in widescreen and in 1080p full time, the SD signal that was previously broadcast in 4:3 letterbox, began to be broadcast in 16:9 anamorphic. Until that date, the standard definition signal was broadcast mostly at 4:3 in pan and scan (cut sidebars), with only some programs in letterbox (horizontal black bars). On the other hand, CNN en Español HD broadcast much of its programming in pillarboxes (vertical black bars), with little programming broadcast in high definition (with the exception of commercials).

Programming

Offices and studies at CNN Center in 2007

CNN offices in Spanish Radio.

The then Secretary of State John Kerry talks about the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, during an interview with Andrés Oppenheimer in 2015.

The then Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño in CNN studies in Washington in 2012.

The assistant of the Secretary of State for Economic and Commercial Affairs, José W. Fernandez is preparing for his interview in Miami in 2013.

• Now: Short segment that summarizes the main news and is broadcast during the specialized programs. On weekends and in nighttime, this segment is issued every half hour.
• Aristegui: Daily conversation with a personality of Mexico's political, economic and cultural environment, occasionally with guests from the rest of America.
• Baseball of Great Leagues: Simultaneous transmission with TBS USA of the Big League games in Spanish. (United States only)
• Café CNN: Mathematical review of current events and health news, art, culinary, culture, human interest and meteorology, in a combination of news and entertainment.
• Walk: Daily interview with the most recognized characters in Latin America.
• Choke of views: Two guests face their visions of a topic in dispute.
• Clix: Program focused on technology, internet and computer.
• CNN Money: Analysis of the most important financial matters of the day.
• CNN First Tomorrow: Matutino issued from the city of Buenos Aires, in duplex with CNN Radio Argentina.
• Conclusions: Daily summary of the most important events of the day with analysts and reflections.
• Connect2: Weekend program, from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• CNN sports: Daily summary of the sports world, with main emphasis on football.
• Destinations: A journey around the most captivating and exotic tourist destinations on the planet.
• Direct USA: News of the day in the United States, which have an impact on Latin America and the world.
• CNN Documentaries: Issue of documentaries on events that impacted the world.
• Development: Live broadcast of important news that is previewed. that somewhere in Latin America, the United States or the world, is reported, such as the assumptions of some Latin American president.
• In dialogue with Longobardi: Interview programme
• Last: The last minute information that CNN in Spanish delivers to its viewers daily, from the place where the news occurs.
• World view: The news of the weekend of CNN, with the information of the moment.
• Oppenheimer presents: Discussion space on topics of interest to Latin America, the United States and the world.
• Perspectives from Buenos Aires
• Perspectives from Mexico
• Global overview: Information summary of what left the day around the world.
• Showbiz: It informs and analyzes as a virtual chat the most commented and the most controversial of the life of celebrities.
• Lives health: Presents the latest in health, medicine and well-being.

Patricia Janiot, was the main face of the canal until his retirement in 2017.

Previous Schedule

• Live update
• Realities in context
• Meeting
• Global portfolio
• First edition (replaced by Day in 2004)
• CNN International News
• Digital zone (Today Clix)
• News
• Medical consultation (up to 2008)
• Advances (Today Clix)
• The travel executive
• The protagonists
• News from Mexico (since 2008 CNN Mexico: Perspectives)
• Latin directors
• Closing (2008-2009)
• Eco/Lógica
• Fashion
• Expansion (monthly)
• Family
• Directo desde Estados Unidos (Today Direct USA)
• Details with Sasha
• The world reports (Today CNN Documentaries)
• Cheers! (replacement of Medical consultation)
• Economy and finance (Today CNN Money)
• Cash (Today CNN Money)
• Day (Today Café CNN)
• Europe today (then it was a block of Our world)
• Urban
• Critical eye (absorbed by Scenario)
• Notimujer
• Scenario (Today Showbiz)
• Front (presented by Ana Pastor García)

Personalities

Awards

In 2014, the newscast Panorama Mundial won the Emmy Award in the category of "Best Newscast or News Magazine in Spanish". In 2016, the program Café CNN won the same award in the category "best morning program in Spanish".

In 2014, the Clix program won the Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Best Spanish Language Entertainment Program".

Criticism and controversies

Cacerolazos en Buenos Aires.

The chain has been criticized for misinformation and as "functional" to the foreign policy of the United States and the so-called US imperialism, by countries of the "Bolivarian Axis", especially Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. In 2011 on the social network Twitter, the then President of Ecuador Rafael Correa wrote: "Don't watch CNN if you want to be informed. Pure manipulation disguised as the press. Just check who the owner is!"

In 2016, following a special Café CNN program broadcast from Argentina, journalists Pedro Brieger and Víctor Hugo Morales accused the network of «building news where there is none, trying to stigmatize and to damage". Morales added that the channel "proved to be international crap" after an incident when he was interviewed by Alejandra Oraa and Lucía Navarro.

Former CNN journalist Alberto Padilla denounced on January 27, 2017 that the Isaías brothers, from Ecuador, were shareholders of CNN Latino, linked to the CNN en Español channel. According to Padilla, Isabel Bucaram, who is the director of Public Relations for CNN en Español for the United States, was the link with the Isaías brothers.

In March 2017 in Buenos Aires, a group of people related to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner carried out an escrache against the CNN en Español correspondent who was trying to report on the presentation of the former Argentine president before a judge. In a video published by an Argentine outlet, the group was seen shouting "Telesur" behind the correspondent and a person who commented: "Now Donald Trump, he says that you are liars."

Months later, on the program Conclusions, former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera told journalist Fernando del Rincón that he was "misinformed" and accused him of making "affirmations or insinuations that are not true ».

Conflicts with the Venezuelan government

«Mediterranean Terrorism Meeting», held in Caracas in March 2008.

In 2005 the president of Venezuela Hugo Chávez, together with the presidents Néstor Kirchner (Argentina), Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Tabaré Vázquez (Uruguay) met to create Telesur, which was presented as a "Latin American voice of the news and "anti-CNN." Gabriel Mariotto explained in an interview that "it cannot be that the United States and Europe speak of Latin America as a bloc and we do not know what is happening, for example, with Cuban cinema." Chávez on several occasions during his presidency, criticized the international chain, pointing out that it was "attacking" Venezuela. In 2010, he called the chain "diabolical power". of the financial and geopolitical interests of those corporations".

On February 20, 2014, on national television, Nicolás Maduro received workers from the Caracas Metro System and Los Teques at the Miraflores Palace. There he ordered the Minister of Communication and Information, Delcy Rodríguez, to initiate the administrative process to take CNN off the air in Venezuela for broadcasting the violent events that are currently taking place in that country "if they do not rectify" for broadcasting "war propaganda." The permits to report and the signal were removed the following day, and on the air on Nuestro Mundo the presenter Patricia Janiot recounted what happened at the Caracas airport. On February 22, the Venezuelan government issued new credentials for the chain's journalists.

On February 8, 2017, a joint investigation by CNN International and CNN en Español, based on information provided by a whistleblower exiled in Spain and subsequent investigations, reported that employees of the Venezuelan embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, had been selling passports and visas to people from Middle Eastern countries with questionable records for profit, including members of the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Venezuelan immigration department, SAIME, confirmed the authenticity of the sold passports, as each passport included an assigned national identification number, although the names of these individuals were altered when compared to the national database. At least one person's place of birth was also changed from Iraq to Venezuela. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez denied the government's participation when she was questioned by journalists at the United Nations General Assembly.

As a result of this, on February 15, 2017, the National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela ordered the cable service providers to suspend the signal of the channel, for an "alleged violation of the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television ». Foreign Minister Rodríguez accused the chain of being at the "service of the military political agencies of the United States." In response to this, CNN en Español began broadcasting live and free on YouTube exclusively for that country. For its part, the international signal in English continues to air.

Days later, Tania Díaz, deputy of the National Assembly, declared that "CNN is part of the unconventional war so that the transnationals come for Venezuelan oil."

On the other hand, on January 24, 2019, at the session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), a Code Pink human rights activist interrupted the session with a sign that read « OAS: don't support a Coup in Venezuela”, which translated into Spanish would be OEA: do not support a coup in Venezuela; however, CNN en Español journalist Patricia Janiot allegedly maliciously translated the poster, alleging that it read OAS: do not support the Maduro dictatorship, which created controversy both in the country and on social media..