PENDULUM OF LULA GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNICATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY: THE EXPANSION OF TV BRASIL VIS-A-VIS THE ADHESION TO TELESUR/PENDULO DA POLITICA EXTERNA COMUNICACIONAL DO GOVERNO LULA: A EXPANSAO DA TV BRASIL VIS-A-VIS A ADESAO A TELESUR

The present work has as its study objects the information, the State's domain over it, as well as the way in which the information is inserted in the foreign policy through the news agencies. Thus, two distinct communication foreign policy projects will be addressed here: Television del Sur (TeleSUR), which started operations in 2005; and the TV Brasil's expansion project created under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, starting to operate in 2007. The hypothesis is that the choices made regarding the contribution to these news agencies reflect a greater context for the positioning of Brazilian foreign policy, oscillating between leadership and integration. The research was conducted through analytical texts about the two news institutions, in addition to information collected in institutional electronic media, legislation, and speeches.