Team
Patricia Villejas Marin
President of teleSUR
Patricia Villegas was born in Cali, the third-largest city in Colombia. She began working at the multistate news organization as a news and current affairs presenter and is one of the founders of teleSUR. Today, she is the president of the organization. Villegas decided to be a journalist because she wanted to change the world. “I work to make visible the realities of the people who are not seen … We work with passion, honesty, seeking with rigour and respect, to share the reality of our Latin American and Caribbean compatriots. We are on this land, we are part of it, we do journalism for our America.”
Tatiana Pérez
News and informative shows anchor
Tatiana Perez was born in Colombia and graduated in journalism from the Autonomous Occident University in Cali. The desire to tell and report stories, like those of the armed conflict in Colombia, prompted her to work in communications. “I work at teleSUR for its heart and righteousness. Its firm beliefs in carrying out responsible, rigorous journalism, keeping to the truth and the reality. These are not principles you find easily in any other media organization.” The NATO war against Libya, the release of hostages by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the coup against Manuel Zelaya in Honduras have impacted her way of seeing the world and of conducting journalism.
Rei Gómez
News and informative shows anchor
Rey Gomez is a Cuban journalist and teleSUR news presenter. He has a Bachelor Degree in Spanish and Literature but chose communication as a career due to the influence of his brother, who is a journalist. Gomez has always been interested in international politics and community integration processes. “Our program has achieved wide acceptance. Wherever I go, I am identified as a presenter of the channel. Some might not know my name but they affectionately call out ‘way to go teleSUR’.”
Marcela Heredia
Program Presenter, Economic Impact
Marcela Heredia is a communications professional and commentator born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For her, journalism has always represented the fight for the truth and the path of hope in a world filled with illusion. She wanted to work with teleSUR from the moment Hugo Chavez proposed it. “I took part in a public casting in Lanus (Argentina). I was sure this was my window to learn a new way of bringing news to the world. That’s why I usually use the phrase: teleSUR a small window that brings us together. Thanks to God and thanks to Chavez.”
Lucía Córdova
Journalist Venezuelan. Program Presenter
Lucia Cordova is a Venezuelan journalist with extensive experience in radio and television. She had the opportunity to present national and international coverage of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. She is a founding member and editor in chief of the online political journal La Iguana. For Lucia, teleSUR is “in a vibrant stage of our history, it is the most important window to show the faces of the community and to tell the truth of the people to the world, a truth that is hidden by transnational media corporations. Being part of this team of professionals, who have been heroic from the start, is a privilege and a golden opportunity that I will never take for granted.””