CNN en Español is a Pan-American

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news channel, owned by CNN Global, a news division for

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. It was launched on

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, on 17 March 1997.

History

CNN en Español before 1997

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 started the ''Noticiero CNN Internacional'', the first in Spanish on that channel. Other programs in Spanish were ''Las Noticias'' and ''Noticias México'', all of them presented by the Colombian

Patricia Janiot Ángela Patricia Janiot Martirena (born October 2, 1963) is a Colombian-American journalist and news anchor, and former beauty queen and model. She worked for 25 years at CNN en Español as the senior news anchor where she established her caree ...

and the Uruguayan

Jorge Gestoso Jorge Gestoso (born 20 March 1951) is a Uruguayan journalist who was born in Montevideo. For 16 years, he was the Principal Anchor and symbol of ''CNN en Español'', as well as Senior Washington Correspondent. ''CNN en Español'' is a televisio ...

, and with the direction of Rolando Santos. The following year, CNN en Español Radio was launched.

Launch (1997)

On March 17, 1997, CNN en Español began broadcasting 24 hours a day. In addition, the chain's production centers begin to operate in

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and

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. The correspondent in the Cuban capital was the first office of a US organization on the island.

2010 change

In 2010, CNN en Español debuted a new logo, with a new programming lineup.

2022

On 14 February 2022, CNN en Español started broadcasts in 16:9.

Availability

CNN en Español is available throughout

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, and the United States. In Canada, a number of the network's shows are simulcast on

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. In Venezuela and Nicaragua, the channel is available via

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and its official website since 2017 and 2022 respectively. On 15 February 2017,

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(Conatel) blocked CNN en Español from any national TV provider, saying a report from the network regarding

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was "a threat to the peace and democratic stability" of the nation. Conatel additionally blocked sister network

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and

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on 30 April 2019 during an uprising attempt. On 22 September 2022, CNN en Español was taken off the air from all cable providers in

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by order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (TELCOR).

Programming

Live coverage

CNN en Español provides live coverage of some news events, and from 2016 until 2021, carried the Spanish-language audio (though the video remains the regular English presentation) for Major League Baseball postseason games carried by sister network TBS only in the United States and Latin America. CNN en Español features newscasts throughout the day. In 2022, the coverage moved to

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, with added graphical translation.

Personalities

Senior Vice President

* Cynthia Darr Hudson - VP

Anchors

Carmen Aristegui María del Carmen Aristegui Flores (; born January 18, 1964) is a Mexican journalist and anchorwoman. She is widely regarded as one of Mexico's leading journalists and opinion leaders, and is best known for her critical investigations of the Mex ...

Guillermo Arduino Guillermo Arduino (born 1964) is a CNN anchor and correspondent. Currently he is the host of ''Encuentro'' on CNN en Español and ''Clix'', a tech show on ''CNN en Español''. Early life and career Arduino was born in 1964 and raised in Buenos Air ...

Samuel Burke Samuel Burke (born 1985/1986) is a business and technology correspondent who has anchored programs on both CNN International and CNN en Español. He is host of the CNN series "Suddenly Family - DNA Discoveries with Samuel Burke." He's also host ...

Gabriela Frías Gabriela Alejandra Frías (born 8 March 1971) is a Mexican journalist who is a business anchor for CNN en Español and host of ''En Efectivo'', the network's personal finance show. Frías studied in the Carlos Septién School of Journalism in Mex ...

* Alejandra Gutiérrez Oraa * Elizabeth Pérez * Camilo Egana * Mariela Encarnación * Fernando del Rincón *

Xavier Serbiá Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo (born July 24, 1968, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and news anchor of ''CNN Dinero'' at CNN en Español. Serbiá is also a former member of the boy band Menudo. ...

* Juan Carlos Arciniegas

Columnists

Ana Navarro Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (née Navarro Flores;Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 14, 2017 born December 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news ou ...

Andrés Oppenheimer Andrés Oppenheimer (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with ''The Miami Herald,'' anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on CNN En Español, and author of seven books, several of which have been pu ...

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (born July 16, 1947) is a Guatemalan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Huehuetenango since 2012. He was the Bishop of San Marcos from 1988 to 2012. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of ...

Alan Smolinisky Alan Smolinisky is an American entrepreneur/investor and part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise. In June 2022, Smolinisky in partnership with Nike founder Phil Knight submitted an offer of more than $2 billion to ...

Austen Ivereigh Austen Ivereigh (born March 25, 1966) is a UK-based Roman Catholic journalist, author, commentator and biographer of Pope Francis. A former deputy editor of ''The Tablet'' and later director for public affairs of the former archbishop of Westm ...

Carlos Alberto Montaner Carlos Alberto Montaner (born April 3, 1943) is an exiled Cuban author and journalist known for his criticism of Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. He has been published widely in Latin American newspapers, and published fiction and non-fic ...

Geovanny Vicente Geovanny Vicente-Romero is a Dominican political strategist, lawyer, columnist, international consultant and university professor who teaches strategic communications at Columbia University as an associate lecturer. He specializes in public poli ...

* Maria Cardona *

Pedro Bordaberry Juan Pedro Bordaberry Herrán (born 28 April 1960) is a Uruguayan attorney, lecturer and politician, who served as a Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2020, as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2003 to 2005, and as Minister of Industry, Ene ...

*Roberto Izurieta *Octavio Pescador * Sylvia Garcia * Marcelo Longobardi

References

External links

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