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\"voaFacing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government’s Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say.<\/p>\n

VOA’s Spanish-language division also will step up its use of Radio\/TV Mart\u00ed’s production facilities in Miami because of budget pressures on both broadcasters, the officials added.<\/p>\n

[…]”Our focus is on the Andean region because of the upheavals that are going on there,” said Spanish division director Alberto Mascaro. “Our second priority is Central America, especially Nicaragua and Honduras.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full report via The Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government’s Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say. VOA’s Spanish-language division also will step up its use of Radio\/TV Mart\u00ed’s production facilities in Miami because of budget pressures on both broadcasters, the officials added. 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