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The school for telenovela stars

In 1987, in Mexico City, broadcaster Televisa set up the Centro de Educación Artística to train actors for its hugely popular telenovelas, Mexican soap operas.

In 1987, broadcaster Televisa set up a drama school in Mexico City to train actors for its hugely popular telenovelas, Mexican soap operas. The Centro de Educación Artística became one of the most successful drama schools in Latin America.

Rachel Naylor speaks to the founder and director, Eugenio Cobo, and one of its first students, Alexis Ayala.

(Image: Eugenio Cobo. Credit: Televisa)

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