However, the format failed and after a string of presenters with mixed results, José Luis Pomacusi, arrived to change its formula.
[1] The style of Telepaís is considered controversial by other social communicators and in its beginnings (March 2001) was already classified as sensationalist.
Many of the creators, journalists and presenters of the early phase of Telepaís migrated to other TV networks, bringing and emulating the formula.
[1] In 2001, the network covered the situation of then-president Hugo Banzer Suárez, which at the time was diagnosed with cancer and went away for health reasons to Washington DC.
[1] In 2002, during the flooding of La Paz on February 19, Unitel sent all available reporters to the areas where the tragedy was occurring, while other channels continued to show its normal programming.