La Nación is a conservative daily newspaper published in Paraguay.[1]

La Nación
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Sarah Cartes
Founder(s)Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb
PresidentJosé María Agüero Halley
FoundedMay 25, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-25)
Languagespanish
HeadquartersFernando de la Mora
CountryParaguay
Websitewww.lanacion.com.py

History edit

Founded on May 25, 1995, by the businessman and sports director Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb, in the city of Fernando de la Mora.[2]

Together with Diario Crónica and the broadcasting stations Montecarlo FM 100.9 and 970 AM it is part of Grupo Nación de Comunicaciones.[3]

The NGO Survival awarded it the prize for "The most racist article" of the year 2007, for calling Indians "Neolithic" and comparing them to "a cancer".[4]

On April 15, 2015, the businesswoman Sarah Cartes formalized yesterday the acquisition of the Nation Group Communications, which became part of the Cartes Group[5]

For 15 years, the Communication Nation Group was led by the businessman and sports director Alejandro Dominguez,[6] son of Osvaldo Dominguez Dibb; who in January 2016 was chosen as president of the Conmebol.[7]

In August 2015, the Nación de Comunicaciones Group bought the Popular newspaper, in addition to the web site hoy.com.py and a radio that is transmitted over the internet, all belonging to the Multimedia group, of former President Juan Carlos Wasmosy.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "PERIÓDICOS DIARIOS DE PARAGUAY". Prensa Escrita. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Aniversario del diario la Nación - Política - ABC Color".
  3. ^ History of La Nación Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "La Nacion - Fernando de la Mora".
  5. ^ "La Nación / La empresaria Sarah Cartes compró el Grupo Nación de Comunicaciones".
  6. ^ "¿Quién es Alejandro Domínguez? | Sumarium". sumarium.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
  7. ^ "Alejandro Dominguez is the new President of CONMEBOL | Conmebol.com". www.conmebol.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sarah Cartes compró Popular y otros 2 medios - Nacionales - ABC Color". Archived from the original on October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

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