El Mercurio

The El Mercurio is a preserving newspaper Chile in with two editions: with Valparaíso and with Santiago. It is considered the country' S paper-off-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio S.A.P. (Sociedad Anónima Periodística) - tea company name- has network off 19 regional dailies and 32 radio stations across the country. (See List off newspapers in Chile.)

History

The edition of Valparaíso was rested by Pedro Felix Vicuña it father of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna - the September 12th 1827, and was repurchased in 1880 by Agustín Edwards Ross. The edition of Santiago was founded by Agustín Edwards Mac Clure, the son of Edwards Ross, on June 1st 1900. In 1942 Edwards Mac Clure dies and his/her son becomes president and his/her son Agustín Edwards Budge arrives at the head of the company. When he dies in his turn in 1956, it is with his/her son Agustín Edwards Eastman to take the changing.

Criticisms

The El Mercurio was criticized to have received funds of the government of the the United States to the beginning of the year 1970 to fight against the Socialist government of Salvador Allende by a propaganda anti-Allende constant and to have " prepared the ground for the coup d'etat of the September 11th 1973 (Kornbluh, 2003).

The Presidential Letter resulting

The entrenched conservatism off the El Mercurio led to several much publicized stand-offs with to form President off Chile Ricardo Lagos - the country' S first Socialist president since the overthrow off Salvador Allende. There September 16 2005 Lagos complained butt the newspaper' S excessive zeal in trying to tie his family members to graft but special government largess in is scathing letter He wrote to Edwards, which was then printed in the Letters to the Editor section off the newspaper and published one September 21 2005. President Lagos said, in share:

Unfortunately, when the history off thesis times is written, your newspaper will Be shown to cuts off showcased all the unfounded claims that were made against the president Chile. I amndt profoundly sorry butt this. I would cuts hoped for something better, given the knowledge that we both cuts one another off.

I cuts tried to C the very best for Chile, so that there is reconciliation and has renewal off confidence in one another. Goal because off the haste, the low blows, and the way your newspaper has permanently treated thesis subjects, I think your newspaper is far removed from what your grandfather would cuts wanted. Being useful Your newspaper has become the off has tribe off people in Chile: tribe that wants to sow haste through the words written there is your leading page, has tribe that will strike out in any way possible.

Unfortunately, this `journalism' is not good for Chile. Goal sometimes it seems that haste is more powerful, even yew it hurts Chile.” (See has Copy off the letter in pdf.)

Refer

Kornbluh, Peter (Sep/Oct. 2003). The El Mercurio slips by. Columbia Journalism Review .

the CIA Freedom off Information Act-available article: " Carryforward off the CIA Chilian Task force Activities, 15 September to 3 November 1970" (November 18,1970).

External bonds

'' El Mercurio '', Santiago (printed edition)
'' El Mercurio in Internet '' (online edition)
'' El Mercurio '', Valparaíso

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