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'''''El Nacional''''' is a [[Venezuela]]n publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional, most widely known for its ''El Nacional'' newspaper and website. It |
'''''El Nacional''''' is a [[Venezuela]]n publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional, most widely known for its ''El Nacional'' newspaper and website. It, along with ''[[Últimas Noticias]]'' and ''[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]],'' are the most widely read and circulated daily national newspapers in the country, and it has an average of more than 80,000 papers distributed daily and 170,000 copies on weekends.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [[Producto (magazine)|Producto]], [http://www3.producto.com.ve/articulo.php?art=723 De Caracas para Venezuela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425121244/http://www3.producto.com.ve/articulo.php?art=723 |date=2012-04-25 }}</ref> |
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Since the increase of [[censorship in Venezuela]] during the presidencies of [[Hugo Chávez]] and [[Nicolás Maduro]], ''El Nacional'' |
Since the increase of [[censorship in Venezuela]] during the presidencies of [[Hugo Chávez]] and [[Nicolás Maduro]], ''El Nacional'' has been described as one of the last independent newspapers in Venezuela.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/as-it-slides-toward-authoritarianism-venezuela-targets-one-of-its-last-independent-newspapers/2018/07/03/9cb5fe22-7a2d-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_story.html|title=As it slides toward authoritarianism, Venezuela targets one of its last independent newspapers|last=https://www.facebook.com/anthony.faiola|date=5 July 2018|website=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref> |
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''El Nacional'' published its final print edition on 14 December 2018 (after having been cut to five print editions per week back in August), joining in the dozens of anti-government newspapers in the nation that have stopped printing due to paper and toner shortages. It |
''El Nacional'' published its final print edition on 14 December 2018 (after having been cut to five print editions per week back in August), joining in the dozens of anti-government newspapers in the nation that have stopped printing due to paper and toner shortages. It will become an exclusively online newspaper after the date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/136a0008890841f39d9344787defc0ac|title=Venezuela's El Nacional newspaper to cease print edition|date=2018-12-13|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpj.org/2018/12/venezuelas-biggest-daily-el-nacional-latest-casual.php|title=Venezuela's biggest daily, El Nacional, latest casualty of newsprint restrictions|date=2018-12-17|website=Committee to Protect Journalists|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> |
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==Contributors and owners== |
==Contributors and owners== |
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''El Nacional'' was founded in August 1943 in [[Caracas]] by [[Miguel Otero Silva]] and is directed by Chief Editorial Officer Miguel Henrique Otero, grandson of the founder, and by Chief Executive Officer [[Manuel Sucre]].{{ |
''El Nacional'' was founded in August 1943 in [[Caracas]] by [[Miguel Otero Silva]] and is directed by Chief Editorial Officer Miguel Henrique Otero, grandson of the founder, and by Chief Executive Officer [[Manuel Sucre]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} |
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The newspaper's first director was poet [[Antonio Arráiz]] (1903–1962). |
The newspaper's first director was poet [[Antonio Arráiz]] (1903–1962). In the newspaper have contributed many of the most recognized Venezuelan writers. [[Arturo Uslar Pietri|Arturo Úslar Pietri]], one of the most important intellectuals of the country, wrote for more than fifty years in an opinion column in the newspaper. Former editors include [[José Ramón Medina]] and [[Miguel Otero Silva]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} |
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== History == |
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In 1961 an advertising boycott in opposition to the paper's leftist views (its then editor, Miguel Otero Silva, had been a member of the [[Communist Party of Venezuela]]) nearly forced the paper into bankruptcy.<ref>Virtue, John et al (1994), [http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABS862.pdf Journalists in the Andes], Florida International University, p119</ref> |
In 1961, an advertising boycott in opposition to the paper's leftist views (its then editor, Miguel Otero Silva, had been a member of the [[Communist Party of Venezuela]]) nearly forced the paper into bankruptcy.<ref>Virtue, John et al (1994), [http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABS862.pdf Journalists in the Andes], Florida International University, p119</ref> |
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==Editorial position and management== |
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Historically, the newspaper received criticism by the governments under the [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]] and [[COPEI]] parties for it had tended to support the political beliefs of the moderate left and the middle class.<ref>[http://oscarandres-narrador.blogspot.com/2009/01/el-peridico-el-nacional-de-venezuela-y.html EL PERIÓDICO EL NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA Y LAS ELECCIONES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS] {{in lang|es}}</ref>{{Better source|date=November 2017}} |
Historically, the newspaper received criticism by the governments under the [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|AD]] and [[COPEI]] parties for it had tended to support the political beliefs of the moderate left and the middle class.<ref>[http://oscarandres-narrador.blogspot.com/2009/01/el-peridico-el-nacional-de-venezuela-y.html EL PERIÓDICO EL NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA Y LAS ELECCIONES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS] {{in lang|es}}</ref>{{Better source|date=November 2017}} |
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In late 2007 editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero founded the [[Movimiento 2D]] opposition movement, which supported the opposition electoral coalition [[Mesa de la Unidad Democrática]] in the [[2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election|September 2010 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''El Nacional'', 26 February 2010, [http://el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/124882/Nacional/Movimiento-2D-apoyar%C3%A1-a-Mesa-de-la-Unidad-para-comicios-del-26-S Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive. |
In late 2007 editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero founded the [[Movimiento 2D]] opposition movement, which supported the opposition electoral coalition [[Mesa de la Unidad Democrática]] in the [[2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election|September 2010 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{in lang|es}} ''El Nacional'', 26 February 2010, [http://el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/124882/Nacional/Movimiento-2D-apoyar%C3%A1-a-Mesa-de-la-Unidad-para-comicios-del-26-S Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20110710175014/http://el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/124882/Nacional/Movimiento-2D-apoyar%C3%A1-a-Mesa-de-la-Unidad-para-comicios-del-26-S |date=2011-07-10 }}. {{citation |url=http://el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/124882/Nacional/Movimiento-2D-apoyará-a-Mesa-de-la-Unidad-para-comicios-del-26-S |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305070737/http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo%2F124882%2FNacional%2FMovimiento-2D-apoyar%C3%A1-a-Mesa-de-la-Unidad-para-comicios-del-26-S |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-03-05 |title=Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S |access-date=2014-09-27 }}</ref> |
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==Attacks== |
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On 14 April 2018, [[colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]] attacked the headquarters of ''El Nacional'', kidnapping security workers and a janitor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colectivos asaltan sede de El Nacional en El Silencio|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/04/14/colectivos-asaltan-sede-de-el-nacional-en-el-silencio/|access-date=16 April 2018|work=[[La Patilla]]|date=14 April 2018|language=es-ES}}</ref> |
On 14 April 2018, government-sponsored [[colectivo (Venezuela)|colectivos]] attacked the headquarters of ''El Nacional'', kidnapping security workers and a janitor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colectivos asaltan sede de El Nacional en El Silencio|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/04/14/colectivos-asaltan-sede-de-el-nacional-en-el-silencio/|access-date=16 April 2018|work=[[La Patilla]]|date=14 April 2018|language=es-ES}}</ref> Weeks after the [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election|Venezuelan presidential election in 2018]], the newspaper had their [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] momentarily censored by the state-run CANTV from 7 June to 11 June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/06/12/los-bloqueos-de-la-patilla-y-el-nacional-revelaron-una-nueva-forma-de-censura-en-internet/|title=Los bloqueos de La Patilla y El Nacional revelaron una nueva forma de censura en internet|website=[[La Patilla]]|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The newspaper has since had its website continuously censored in Venezuela, being described as one of the last independent media organizations in Venezuela.<ref name=":0" /> After the government pressed charges against ''El Nacional'', proposing the payment of a fine of 1 billion bolívares, Bolivarian government official [[Diosdado Cabello]] replied to the newspaper's publishing of [[Hyperinflation in Venezuela|Venezuela's hyperinflation figures]] stating "if it was a billion bolívares, let's ... put five zeros next to it".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2018/07/16/diosdado-dice-que-procesos-contra-el-nacional-la-patilla-y-tal-cual-siguen-en-curso-video/|title=Diosdado dice que procesos contra El Nacional, La Patilla y Tal Cual siguen en curso (Video)|date=2018-07-16|work=[[La Patilla]]|access-date=2018-07-17|language=es-ES}}</ref> Cabello targeted the newspaper even further, stating in late-September 2018 that he sought to acquire the newspaper's headquarters and convert it into a university.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/2018/09/27/diosdado-quiere-convertir-sede-de-el-nacional-en-una-universidad/|title=Diosdado quiere convertir sede de El Nacional en una universidad|date=2018-09-27|work=[[La Patilla]]|access-date=2018-09-28|language=es-ES}}</ref> |
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Weeks after the [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election|Venezuelan presidential election in 2018]], the newspaper had their [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] momentarily censored by the state-run CANTV from 7 June to 11 June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/06/12/los-bloqueos-de-la-patilla-y-el-nacional-revelaron-una-nueva-forma-de-censura-en-internet/|title=Los bloqueos de La Patilla y El Nacional revelaron una nueva forma de censura en internet|website=[[La Patilla]]|date=12 June 2018|language=es-ES|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref> |
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He was not surprised. In May, CONATEL had opened a case against El Nacional’s website for allegedly violating media laws by spreading messages that “disregard authorities” and “incite hate.” The government insisted the website abstain from publishing information that could “alter public order.” |
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The newspaper has had its website censored in Venezuela. In 2018, it was described by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as one of the last independent newspapers in Venezuela.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 23:12, 27 July 2022
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Miguel Henrique Otero |
Publisher | C.A. Editorial El Nacional |
Founded | 3 August 1943 |
Ceased publication | 14 December 2018 | (print edition)
Headquarters | Caracas Venezuela |
Circulation | 20,000 (daily) |
Website | www |
El Nacional is a Venezuelan publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional, most widely known for its El Nacional newspaper and website. It, along with Últimas Noticias and El Universal, are the most widely read and circulated daily national newspapers in the country, and it has an average of more than 80,000 papers distributed daily and 170,000 copies on weekends.[1]
Since the increase of censorship in Venezuela during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, El Nacional has been described as one of the last independent newspapers in Venezuela.[2]
El Nacional published its final print edition on 14 December 2018 (after having been cut to five print editions per week back in August), joining in the dozens of anti-government newspapers in the nation that have stopped printing due to paper and toner shortages. It will become an exclusively online newspaper after the date.[3][4]
Contributors and owners
El Nacional was founded in August 1943 in Caracas by Miguel Otero Silva and is directed by Chief Editorial Officer Miguel Henrique Otero, grandson of the founder, and by Chief Executive Officer Manuel Sucre.[citation needed]
The newspaper's first director was poet Antonio Arráiz (1903–1962). In the newspaper have contributed many of the most recognized Venezuelan writers. Arturo Úslar Pietri, one of the most important intellectuals of the country, wrote for more than fifty years in an opinion column in the newspaper. Former editors include José Ramón Medina and Miguel Otero Silva.[citation needed]
History
In 1961, an advertising boycott in opposition to the paper's leftist views (its then editor, Miguel Otero Silva, had been a member of the Communist Party of Venezuela) nearly forced the paper into bankruptcy.[5]
Historically, the newspaper received criticism by the governments under the AD and COPEI parties for it had tended to support the political beliefs of the moderate left and the middle class.[6][better source needed]
In late 2007 editor and proprietor Miguel Henrique Otero founded the Movimiento 2D opposition movement, which supported the opposition electoral coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática in the September 2010 parliamentary election.[7]
Attacks
On 14 April 2018, government-sponsored colectivos attacked the headquarters of El Nacional, kidnapping security workers and a janitor.[8] Weeks after the Venezuelan presidential election in 2018, the newspaper had their Hypertext Transfer Protocol momentarily censored by the state-run CANTV from 7 June to 11 June 2018.[9]
The newspaper has since had its website continuously censored in Venezuela, being described as one of the last independent media organizations in Venezuela.[2] After the government pressed charges against El Nacional, proposing the payment of a fine of 1 billion bolívares, Bolivarian government official Diosdado Cabello replied to the newspaper's publishing of Venezuela's hyperinflation figures stating "if it was a billion bolívares, let's ... put five zeros next to it".[10] Cabello targeted the newspaper even further, stating in late-September 2018 that he sought to acquire the newspaper's headquarters and convert it into a university.[11]
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Producto, De Caracas para Venezuela Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b https://www.facebook.com/anthony.faiola (5 July 2018). "As it slides toward authoritarianism, Venezuela targets one of its last independent newspapers". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
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- ^ "Venezuela's El Nacional newspaper to cease print edition". AP NEWS. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Venezuela's biggest daily, El Nacional, latest casualty of newsprint restrictions". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ Virtue, John et al (1994), Journalists in the Andes, Florida International University, p119
- ^ EL PERIÓDICO EL NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA Y LAS ELECCIONES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS (in Spanish)
- ^ (in Spanish) El Nacional, 26 February 2010, Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S Archived 2011-07-10 at archive.today. Movimiento 2D apoyará a Mesa de la Unidad para comicios del 26-S, archived from the original on 2010-03-05, retrieved 2014-09-27
- ^ "Colectivos asaltan sede de El Nacional en El Silencio". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 14 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Los bloqueos de La Patilla y El Nacional revelaron una nueva forma de censura en internet". La Patilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ "Diosdado dice que procesos contra El Nacional, La Patilla y Tal Cual siguen en curso (Video)". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ "Diosdado quiere convertir sede de El Nacional en una universidad". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Today's El Nacional front page at the Freedom Forum website