MOSCOW, DECEMBER 28, 2024 — RT en Español, which began broadcasting in December 2009, celebrates its 15th anniversary. During this time, RT en Español journalists have covered major events around the globe and interviewed Latin American leaders over 100 times. RT en Español remains the leader among news broadcasters in Latin America in terms of audience reach.
To mark its 15th anniversary, RT en Español presented its documentaries at the Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema, while the channel’s top professionals conducted several master classes for journalists in Managua.
President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the channel, saying: “This is one of the platforms where Cubans prefer to get their news thanks to its content and style. And I am one of them.”
Vice President of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo thanked the channel for fighting disinformation: “We fully share [RT en Español]’s commitment to pursuing the truth and giving people access to reliable sources of information that allow them to know what others want to conceal.”
On the occasion of the channel’s 15th anniversary both the National Council of Universities of Nicaragua and the National Student Union of Nicaragua honored RT en Español with awards for “responsible and objective coverage of global events” and “continuous defense of the truth.”
RT en Español is the only Spanish-language TV channel that broadcasts 24/7 on public television networks carrying public broadcasters in eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. More than 1,200 cable and satellite operators offer RT en Español to viewers throughout Latin America. On top of that, more than 100 other TV channels regularly broadcast programs and other content by RT en Español. Overall, the channel’s audience exceeds 800 million people. No other channel broadcasting in Spanish nationally or internationally has a comparable reach.
Reporters and anchors of RT Spanish have interviewed top Latin American leaders, including presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Uruguay.
Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has been hosting his political talk show on RT en Español, A Conversation with Correa, since 2018.
RT Spanish has been the winner and a finalist of various international awards, including the New York Festivals and Promax Awards. When RT en Español started broadcasting in 2009, it was nominated by the British Broadcast Digital Awards as the best television channel launch of the year. RT en Español has won over twenty awards from the Mexican Press Club to date.
