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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = El País
| logo = [[File:El Pais logo 2007.svg|150px]]
| image =
| caption =
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| owners = [[PRISA]]
| founder = [[José Ortega Spottorno]]
| publisher = Ediciones El País, S.L.
| editor =
| chiefeditor = [[Javier Moreno Barber|Javier Moreno]]
| assoceditor = Lluis Bassets
| maneditor =
| newseditor =
| managingeditordesign =
| campuseditor =
| campuschief =
| opeditor =
| sportseditor =
| photoeditor =
| staff =
| foundation = {{start date|1976|5|4}}
| political = [[Socialism|Center-Left]], [[Social Democracy|Social Democratic]]
| language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| ceased publication =
| headquarters = Madrid, Spain
| circulation = 369,707 daily in 2011<ref name="OJD">Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain's [http://www.ojd.es/OJD/Portal/diarios_ojd/_4DOSpuiQo1Y_FOivPcLIIA Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión], accessed January 28, 2012.</ref>
| sister newspapers = Cinco Días, [[Diario AS]]
| ISSN = 0213-4608
| oclc =
| website = {{URL|http://www.elpais.com/}}
}}

'''''El País''''' ({{audio|es_el-pais_001.ogg|listen}}; literally ''The Country'') is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in [[Spain]],<ref name="OJD"/> and one of three [[Madrid]] dailies considered to be national [[newspaper of record|newspapers of record]] for Spain (along with ''[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]'' and ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]'').{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} ''El País'', based in [[Madrid]], is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate [[PRISA]].

Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in [[Madrid]], although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities ([[Barcelona]], [[Seville]], [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], [[Bilbao]], [[Santiago de Compostela]]) where regional editions are produced. ''El País'' also produces a world edition that is printed and distributed in [[Latin America]].<ref>«[http://www.elpais.com/corporativos/elpais/elpais.html título=ELPAIS.com – Diario El País S.L]», en ElPais.com.</ref>

==History==
''El País'' was founded by a team at [[PRISA]] which included [[José Ortega Spottorno]] and [[Carlos Mendo]].<ref name=ep>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Bis'El País' Co-founder Mendo Dead at 77 |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/el-pa%C3%ADs-co-founder-mendo-dead-at-77-62401-.aspx|work=[[Editor & Publisher]] |publisher=|date=2010-08-25|accessdate=2010-09-16}}</ref> The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It was first published on {{date|4 May 1976}},<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/especiales/2006/30aniversario/index.html Breve historia de ''El País''], en ElPais.com.</ref> six months after the death of dictator [[Francisco Franco]], and at the beginning of the [[Spanish transition to democracy]]. It was the first pro-democracy newspaper within a context where all the other Spanish newspapers were influenced by Franco's ideology. ''El País'' filled a gap in the market and became the newspaper of Spanish democracy, for which role ''El País'' was awarded the [[Prince of Asturias Award]] for Communication and the Humanities in 1983, at a time when the transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy was still developing. The paper's first Director (until 1988) was [[Juan Luis Cebrián]], who came from the daily newspaper ''Informaciones''. Like many other Spanish journalists of the time he had worked for the ''Diario Pueblo'' (''People's Daily'') which was a mouthpiece for the Francist [[sindicato vertical]].

Its reputation as a bastion of Spanish democracy was established during the attempted [[coup d'etat]] by Lieutenant Colonel [[Antonio Tejero]] of the [[Guardia Civil]] on 23 February 1981. During the uncertain situation of the night of 23 February 1981, with all the members of parliament held hostage in the Congress building and with tanks on the streets of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], and before the state television station could transmit a speech by King [[Juan Carlos I]] condemning the coup, ''El País'' published a special edition of the newspaper called <nowiki>'</nowiki>''El País'', for the Constitution'. It was the first daily paper on the streets that night with a clear pro-democracy position calling on citizens to demonstrate in favour of democracy. It was widely discussed in the news media that the then director of ''El País'', [[Juan Luis Cebrián]], telephoned the then director of ''[[Diario 16]]'', [[Pedro J. Ramírez]], in order to propose that both newspapers work on a joint publication in defence of democracy and Ramírez refused, claiming that he would prefer to wait a few hours to see how the situation developed. ''Diario 16'' was not published until after a television broadcast by the king. Along with its commitment to democracy before the attempted coup of 23 February 1981, the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]]'s election victory in 1982 with an absolute majority and its open support for the government of [[Felipe González]],{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} meant that ''El País'' consolidated its position during the 1980s as the Spanish newspaper with the most sales ahead of the conservative leaning ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]''.

Both the rigorous journalistic standards and the fact that it was the first Spanish newspaper to establish internal quality control standards have increased the standing of ''El País''. It was also the first Spanish daily to create the role of Reader's Advocate (equivalent to the [[Press Ombudsman]] in Britain) and in publishing a "Style Guide" that has become a benchmark for quality amongst journalists.<ref name="ppa">[http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/esp/04/premiados/trayectorias/trayectoria257.html For which role ''El País'' was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Communication and the Humanities in 1973]</ref> ''El País'' has also established a number of collaborative agreements with other European newspapers with a [[social democrat]] viewpoint. In 1989, ''El País'' participated in the creation of a common network of information resources with ''[[La Repubblica]]'' in Italy and ''[[Le Monde]]'' in France. Since October 2001, an English language supplement of ''El País'' has been included in the Spanish version of the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''.

At the beginning of the 1990s, ''El País'' had to face a new political and journalistic challenge. The increasing political tensions caused by corruption scandals involving the socialist government of [[Felipe González]] polarized both the Spanish political classes and the press of the left and right wings.
Since that time, both the [[People's Party (Spain)|Partido Popular]] and the media aligned with it have accused ''El País'' and the other companies owned by [[PRISA]]<ref>«[http://blogs.periodistadigital.com/periodismo.php/2007/01/24/eva_canas_el_penultimo_fichaje_del_psoe Eva Cuesta, el penúltimo fichaje del PSOE en PRISA]». Artículo de ''Periodista Digital'' (24/01/2007).</ref><ref>«[http://www.porandalucialibre.es/actualidad/andalucia:_tema_del_dia/prisa_y_psoe_se_apoyan_mutuamente_para_seguir_en_el_poder:_dinero_y_publicidad_a_mantas.html Prisa y PSOE se apoyan mutuamente para seguir en el poder: dinero y publicidad a mantas]». Artículo de ''Por Andalucía Libre'' mencionando declaraciones de ''El Mundo'' (07/02/2007).</ref> along with [[Sogecable]]<ref>"[http://www.todointernet.com/db/deinteres/index.php?id=23857:casa,publicidad Sogecable responde a la llamada del PSOE y pide al Gobierno que Canal+ emita siempre en abierto]", Artículo de ''[[Libertad Digital]]'', ya solo consultable en TodoInternet.com.</ref><ref>"[http://www.libertaddigital.com:83/php3/noticia.php3?fecha_edi_on=2006-07-01&num_edi_on=1454&cpn=1276282578&seccion=SOC_D CC y PSOE prorrogan a Sogecable el contrato de la Televisión Canaria y el PP anuncia que lo impugnará]". ''[[Libertad Digital]]'' (09/05/2007)</ref> of supporting the interests of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE). Despite this, ''El País'' has managed to maintain its position as the best selling generalist daily in Spain, although its lead over ''El Mundo'' has been reduced.

On September 26, 2007, the paper published the [[Bush-Aznar memo]], a leaked transcript of a closed-door meeting between U.S. president [[George W. Bush]] and Spanish Prime Minister [[José María Aznar]], shortly before the invasion of Iraq.<ref>[http://harpers.org/archive/2007/09/hbc-90001301 "''El País'' on Bush, Aznar, and Iraq". Harper's Magazine]</ref>

During the premiership of the PSOE's [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] ''El País'' published several articles criticising or opposing the policies of the Zapatero government.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} This provided opportunities for new entrants to represent the centre left, such as the appearance of the daily newspaper ''[[Público (Spain)|Público]]''.

==Appearance==
The appearance of ''El País'' is characterized by its sobriety, in both its treatment of information and its esthetics. Most pages contain five columns arranged in a neat and clear manner with distinct journalistic sub-categories. Photographs and graphics play a secondary, supporting role to the written word. The newspaper has had the same design from its foundation until the end of 2007, with hardly any changes (it used only black-and-white photographs, although the current format includes colour and more imaginative design, mainly in the varied supplements), and the same [[Times Roman]] font.<ref>«[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/buenos/tipos/elpepusocdmg/20071014elpdmgrep_7/Tes Unos buenos tipos]». ''El País'' (14/10/2007).</ref>

The newspaper's format was revamped on {{date|21 October 2007}} with changes to its printed form, its digital presence on the [[Internet]] and the replacement of its historical motto 'Independent morning daily' with 'Global Spanish language newspaper'.<ref>"[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/PAIS/sera/periodico/global/espanol/elpepusoc/20071009elpepisoc_4/Tes El País será el periódico global en español]", ''El País'' (9 de octubre de 2007)</ref> Other notable changes are the inclusion of the acute accent in its title header and the substitution of Times Roman by [[Majerit]].

Opinion polls cited in El País are all carried out by a separate company called ''Instituto OPINA''.

==Electronic edition==
In the mid-1990s, ''El País'' was the second Spanish newspaper to publish an internet edition, ''El País digital'' (the first was the Catalan newspaper ''[[Avui]]''). On {{date|18 November 2002}}, it became the first Spanish newspaper to introduce a payment system for access to the contents of its electronic version, which drastically reduced the number of visits to the website, to the extent that ''El Mundo'', which maintained open access to the majority of its contents, became the leading Spanish digital newspaper. After taking this decision ''El País digital'' was suspended in 2002 by the Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión for four months because of two serious breaches of OJD regulations.<ref>«[http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-24-07-2002/Internet/la-ojd-sanciona-con-cuatro-meses-de-expulsion-a-el-pais-digital-por-faltas-graves_116585.html La OJD sanciona con cuatro meses de expulsión a ''El País Digital'' por faltas graves]». ''[[ABC (España)|ABC]]'' (24/07/2002).</ref> The ''El País digital'' website opened again on {{date|3 June 2005}} with free access to the majority of the contents. Subscription was required to gain access to multimedia contents and to the newspaper's [[archive]].

==Supplements==
''El País'' produces a number of supplements:
* Wednesdays:
** ''Futuro'', ({{lang-en|Future}}) supplement on science.
* Thursdays:
** ''Ciberpaís'', supplement on computing and electronics, and
** ''The New York Times'', a [[Spanish language]] version of the [[The New York Times|American original]].
* Fridays:
** ''EP[3]'', previously known as ''El País de las Tentaciones'', ({{lang-en|The Country of Temptations}}) youth supplement.
** ''Ocio'', ({{lang-en|Leisure}}) supplement on cultural activities.
* Saturdays:
** ''Babelia''', cultural supplement specializing in literature and
** ''El Viajero'', ({{lang-en|The Traveller}}) on travel.
* Sundays:
** the magazine ''El País Semanal'' ({{lang-en|El País Weekly}}) previously called ''EP[S]'' on fashion, reports and opinion,
** ''Negocios'', ({{lang-en|Business}}) financial supplement.

The supplement designed for children, ''Pequeño País'' ({{lang-en|Small Country}}), ceased publication in 2009.

A number of publications issued in installments have also been produced throughout its history:
* ''Classic and Modern Comics'' (1987).

==Ideology==
The paper's ideology has always been defined by a leaning towards [[Europeanism]]. Politically, it is situated in the centre-left and the left.<ref name="rato">In the words of the former Spanish Economy Minister for the Partido Popular [[Rodrigo Rato]] and Chairman of the International Monetary Fund ([http://www.elpais.com/diezmil/pdf/pordentro/266_268_270_272_274.pdf Adictos al periódico]. Especial 10.000 números. 18 de octubre de 2004):
{{quote|All (good) newspapers have their political leanings. [...] I read it because it describes the position of the centre-left and of the political left-wing.}}</ref> El País has repeatedly supported King [[Juan Carlos I]] for his contribution to the consolidation of democracy, especially, for his decisive intervention in aborting the [[23-F|coup of 23 February 1981]].<ref>«[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/Injurias/Corona/elpporopi/20070728elpepiopi_1/Tes Injurias a la Corona]». Editorial de ''El País'' (28 de julio de 2007).</ref> The paper is characterized by the amount of space it gives to the reporting of international news, culture and information regarding the economy, as well as Spanish news. It has specific columnists and contributors from different social backgrounds contributing to the democratic and pro-European editorial line of the newspaper.

===Criticism of Che Guevara, the "populist left" and the Government of Venezuela===
The paper has criticized figures such as [[Che Guevara]] and his idea of armed struggle.<ref name="che">[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/Caudillo/Guevara/elpepuopi/20071010elpepiopi_2/Tes Caudillo Guevara], editorial de ''El País'', 10 de octubre de 2007.
{{quote|... Che Guevara [..] belonged to that sinister saga of tragic heros, still present in the terrorist movements of various types, from the nationalists to the Jihadists, who try to hide the fact they are assassins by claiming to be martyrs, prolonging the old prejudice inherited from Romanticism. The fact that Che Guevara gave his life and sacrificed those of many others does not improve his ideas, that drink from the springs of one of the great totalitarian systems. [..] the only attestable contribution of the insurgent followers of Guevara to Latin American politics was to offer new alibis to the authoritarian tendencies that were germinating on the continent. Thanks to his armed challenge, the right-wing military dictators could present themselves as a lesser evil, if not a inevitable requisite opposing another symmetrical military dictatorship, such as that lead by Castro [..] In the four decades that have passed since his death, the Latin American left and, of course, that in Europe, has completely expedited his goals and fanatical methods. To the point where today the only people who commemorate the date of his execution in La Higuera are the governments that subjugate the Cubans or those that invoke Simón Bolívar in their populist harangues.}}</ref>

''El País'' has also been critical of the so-called "populist left" in Latin America. In April 2002, it termed the failed [[Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002|coup]] in [[Venezuela]] as a "coup against a tyrant", accusing [[Hugo Chávez]] of authoritarianism and of eliminating the separation of powers.<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/Golpe/caudillo/elpepiopi/20020413elpepiopi_2/Tes Golpe a un caudillo (editorial sobre el golpe de Estado en Venezuela contra Hugo Chávez)]</ref> The paper criticized Chávez again regarding the [[Venezuelan constitutional referendum, 2007|Venezuelan constitutional referendum of 2007]], accusing him of holding the referendum without the least "minimal guarantees", of restricting the actions of the [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]], and of tampering with the electoral roll.<ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/careta/Chavez/elpepiopi/20071118elpepiopi_3/Tes La careta de Chávez], editorial de ''El País'', 18 de noviembre de 2007.</ref> The Venezuelan government, through the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information, considers ''El País'' to be one of the Spanish newspapers most critical of the left-wing governments of [[Cuba]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Bolivia]].<ref>[http://periodicopg.com.ve/files/la_guerra_mediaticainternet.pdf La guerra mediática contra Venezuela desde el diario español ''El País'']</ref>

On 24 January 2013, El País published a false report about the health status of Venezuelan President [[Hugo Chávez]], with false photography of an unknown man from a 2008 video.<ref>http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/01/24/actualidad/1359002703_817602.html</ref><ref>http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/7640</ref> The Venezuelan government announced legal action against El País,<ref>http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/venezuela-take-legal-actions-against-pais</ref> and criticized both the violation of journalistic ethics as well as the violation of the patients' rights of President Chávez and others.

==Notable contributors==
* [[Ariel Dorfman]]
* [[Juan Carlos Gumucio]]
* [[Fernando Krahn]]<ref name="EldibujantechilenoFernandoKrahnmuereenBarcelona">{{Citation
| last=
| first=
| author-link=
| title=El dibujante chileno Fernando Krahn muere en Barcelona
| newspaper=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]
| date=February 18, 2010
| language=[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| url=http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=688555&idseccio_PK=1013
}}</ref>
* [[Elvira Lindo]]
* [[Mario Vargas Llosa]]
* [[Javier Marías]]
* [[Rosa Montero]]
* [[Manuel Rivas]]
* [[Eduardo Mendoza]]
* [[Empar Moliner]]
* [[Javier Pradera]]
* [[Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca]]
* [[Maruja Torres]]
* [[Eduardo Haro Tecglen]]
* [[Pilar Rahola]]
* [[Juan José Millás]]
* [[Manuel Valls (composer)|Manuel Valls]]
* [[Enric González]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Spain|Journalism}}
* [[Ortega y Gasset Awards]]
{{-}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.elpais.com/ Electronic edition of ''El País''] {{es icon}}
* [http://movil.elpais.com/ Mobile edition of ''El País''] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.elpais.com/global/ Global edition of ''El País''] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.elpais.com/misc/herald/herald.pdf ''El País'' in English with ''International Herald Tribune'']
* [http://www.estudiantes.elpais.es/LibroEstilo/inicio.htm Libro de estilo de ''El País''] {{es icon}}
* [http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/premios/1983/diario-el-pais/ Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades 1983] {{es icon}}

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For other uses, see El País (disambiguation).
El País
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)PRISA
Founder(s)José Ortega Spottorno
PublisherEdiciones El País, S.L.
Editor-in-chiefJavier Moreno
Associate editorLluis Bassets
FoundedMay 4, 1976 (1976-05-04)
Political alignmentCenter-Left, Social Democratic
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Circulation369,707 daily in 2011[1]
Sister newspapersCinco Días, Diario AS
ISSN0213-4608
Websitewww.elpais.com

El País (listenⓘ; literally The Country) is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in Spain,[1] and one of three Madrid dailies considered to be national newspapers of record for Spain (along with El Mundo and ABC).[citation needed] El País, based in Madrid, is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.

Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions are produced. El País also produces a world edition that is printed and distributed in Latin America.[2]

History

El País was founded by a team at PRISA which included José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo.[3] The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It was first published on 4 May 1976,[4] six months after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, and at the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy. It was the first pro-democracy newspaper within a context where all the other Spanish newspapers were influenced by Franco's ideology. El País filled a gap in the market and became the newspaper of Spanish democracy, for which role El País was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and the Humanities in 1983, at a time when the transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy was still developing. The paper's first Director (until 1988) was Juan Luis Cebrián, who came from the daily newspaper Informaciones. Like many other Spanish journalists of the time he had worked for the Diario Pueblo (People's Daily) which was a mouthpiece for the Francist sindicato vertical.

Its reputation as a bastion of Spanish democracy was established during the attempted coup d'etat by Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero of the Guardia Civil on 23 February 1981. During the uncertain situation of the night of 23 February 1981, with all the members of parliament held hostage in the Congress building and with tanks on the streets of Valencia, and before the state television station could transmit a speech by King Juan Carlos I condemning the coup, El País published a special edition of the newspaper called 'El País, for the Constitution'. It was the first daily paper on the streets that night with a clear pro-democracy position calling on citizens to demonstrate in favour of democracy. It was widely discussed in the news media that the then director of El País, Juan Luis Cebrián, telephoned the then director of Diario 16, Pedro J. Ramírez, in order to propose that both newspapers work on a joint publication in defence of democracy and Ramírez refused, claiming that he would prefer to wait a few hours to see how the situation developed. Diario 16 was not published until after a television broadcast by the king. Along with its commitment to democracy before the attempted coup of 23 February 1981, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's election victory in 1982 with an absolute majority and its open support for the government of Felipe González,[citation needed] meant that El País consolidated its position during the 1980s as the Spanish newspaper with the most sales ahead of the conservative leaning ABC.

Both the rigorous journalistic standards and the fact that it was the first Spanish newspaper to establish internal quality control standards have increased the standing of El País. It was also the first Spanish daily to create the role of Reader's Advocate (equivalent to the Press Ombudsman in Britain) and in publishing a "Style Guide" that has become a benchmark for quality amongst journalists.[5] El País has also established a number of collaborative agreements with other European newspapers with a social democrat viewpoint. In 1989, El País participated in the creation of a common network of information resources with La Repubblica in Italy and Le Monde in France. Since October 2001, an English language supplement of El País has been included in the Spanish version of the International Herald Tribune.

At the beginning of the 1990s, El País had to face a new political and journalistic challenge. The increasing political tensions caused by corruption scandals involving the socialist government of Felipe González polarized both the Spanish political classes and the press of the left and right wings. Since that time, both the Partido Popular and the media aligned with it have accused El País and the other companies owned by PRISA[6][7] along with Sogecable[8][9] of supporting the interests of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Despite this, El País has managed to maintain its position as the best selling generalist daily in Spain, although its lead over El Mundo has been reduced.

On September 26, 2007, the paper published the Bush-Aznar memo, a leaked transcript of a closed-door meeting between U.S. president George W. Bush and Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, shortly before the invasion of Iraq.[10]

During the premiership of the PSOE's José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero El País published several articles criticising or opposing the policies of the Zapatero government.[citation needed] This provided opportunities for new entrants to represent the centre left, such as the appearance of the daily newspaper Público.

Appearance

The appearance of El País is characterized by its sobriety, in both its treatment of information and its esthetics. Most pages contain five columns arranged in a neat and clear manner with distinct journalistic sub-categories. Photographs and graphics play a secondary, supporting role to the written word. The newspaper has had the same design from its foundation until the end of 2007, with hardly any changes (it used only black-and-white photographs, although the current format includes colour and more imaginative design, mainly in the varied supplements), and the same Times Roman font.[11]

The newspaper's format was revamped on 21 October 2007 with changes to its printed form, its digital presence on the Internet and the replacement of its historical motto 'Independent morning daily' with 'Global Spanish language newspaper'.[12] Other notable changes are the inclusion of the acute accent in its title header and the substitution of Times Roman by Majerit.

Opinion polls cited in El País are all carried out by a separate company called Instituto OPINA.

Electronic edition

In the mid-1990s, El País was the second Spanish newspaper to publish an internet edition, El País digital (the first was the Catalan newspaper Avui). On 18 November 2002, it became the first Spanish newspaper to introduce a payment system for access to the contents of its electronic version, which drastically reduced the number of visits to the website, to the extent that El Mundo, which maintained open access to the majority of its contents, became the leading Spanish digital newspaper. After taking this decision El País digital was suspended in 2002 by the Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión for four months because of two serious breaches of OJD regulations.[13] The El País digital website opened again on 3 June 2005 with free access to the majority of the contents. Subscription was required to gain access to multimedia contents and to the newspaper's archive.

Supplements

El País produces a number of supplements:

  • Wednesdays:
    • Futuro, (English: Future) supplement on science.
  • Thursdays:
  • Fridays:
    • EP[3], previously known as El País de las Tentaciones, (English: The Country of Temptations) youth supplement.
    • Ocio, (English: Leisure) supplement on cultural activities.
  • Saturdays:
    • Babelia', cultural supplement specializing in literature and
    • El Viajero, (English: The Traveller) on travel.
  • Sundays:
    • the magazine El País Semanal (English: El País Weekly) previously called EP[S] on fashion, reports and opinion,
    • Negocios, (English: Business) financial supplement.

The supplement designed for children, Pequeño País (English: Small Country), ceased publication in 2009.

A number of publications issued in installments have also been produced throughout its history:

  • Classic and Modern Comics (1987).

Ideology

The paper's ideology has always been defined by a leaning towards Europeanism. Politically, it is situated in the centre-left and the left.[14] El País has repeatedly supported King Juan Carlos I for his contribution to the consolidation of democracy, especially, for his decisive intervention in aborting the coup of 23 February 1981.[15] The paper is characterized by the amount of space it gives to the reporting of international news, culture and information regarding the economy, as well as Spanish news. It has specific columnists and contributors from different social backgrounds contributing to the democratic and pro-European editorial line of the newspaper.

Criticism of Che Guevara, the "populist left" and the Government of Venezuela

The paper has criticized figures such as Che Guevara and his idea of armed struggle.[16]

El País has also been critical of the so-called "populist left" in Latin America. In April 2002, it termed the failed coup in Venezuela as a "coup against a tyrant", accusing Hugo Chávez of authoritarianism and of eliminating the separation of powers.[17] The paper criticized Chávez again regarding the Venezuelan constitutional referendum of 2007, accusing him of holding the referendum without the least "minimal guarantees", of restricting the actions of the National Electoral Council, and of tampering with the electoral roll.[18] The Venezuelan government, through the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information, considers El País to be one of the Spanish newspapers most critical of the left-wing governments of Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia.[19]

On 24 January 2013, El País published a false report about the health status of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, with false photography of an unknown man from a 2008 video.[20][21] The Venezuelan government announced legal action against El País,[22] and criticized both the violation of journalistic ethics as well as the violation of the patients' rights of President Chávez and others.

Notable contributors

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain's Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, accessed January 28, 2012.
  2. ^ «título=ELPAIS.com – Diario El País S.L», en ElPais.com.
  3. ^ "Bis'El País' Co-founder Mendo Dead at 77". Editor & Publisher. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  4. ^ Breve historia de El País, en ElPais.com.
  5. ^ For which role El País was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Communication and the Humanities in 1973
  6. ^ «Eva Cuesta, el penúltimo fichaje del PSOE en PRISA». Artículo de Periodista Digital (24/01/2007).
  7. ^ «Prisa y PSOE se apoyan mutuamente para seguir en el poder: dinero y publicidad a mantas». Artículo de Por Andalucía Libre mencionando declaraciones de El Mundo (07/02/2007).
  8. ^ "Sogecable responde a la llamada del PSOE y pide al Gobierno que Canal+ emita siempre en abierto", Artículo de Libertad Digital, ya solo consultable en TodoInternet.com.
  9. ^ "CC y PSOE prorrogan a Sogecable el contrato de la Televisión Canaria y el PP anuncia que lo impugnará". Libertad Digital (09/05/2007)
  10. ^ "El País on Bush, Aznar, and Iraq". Harper's Magazine
  11. ^ «Unos buenos tipos». El País (14/10/2007).
  12. ^ "El País será el periódico global en español", El País (9 de octubre de 2007)
  13. ^ «La OJD sanciona con cuatro meses de expulsión a El País Digital por faltas graves». ABC (24/07/2002).
  14. ^ In the words of the former Spanish Economy Minister for the Partido Popular Rodrigo Rato and Chairman of the International Monetary Fund (Adictos al periódico. Especial 10.000 números. 18 de octubre de 2004):

    All (good) newspapers have their political leanings. [...] I read it because it describes the position of the centre-left and of the political left-wing.
  15. ^ «Injurias a la Corona». Editorial de El País (28 de julio de 2007).
  16. ^ Caudillo Guevara, editorial de El País, 10 de octubre de 2007.

    ... Che Guevara [..] belonged to that sinister saga of tragic heros, still present in the terrorist movements of various types, from the nationalists to the Jihadists, who try to hide the fact they are assassins by claiming to be martyrs, prolonging the old prejudice inherited from Romanticism. The fact that Che Guevara gave his life and sacrificed those of many others does not improve his ideas, that drink from the springs of one of the great totalitarian systems. [..] the only attestable contribution of the insurgent followers of Guevara to Latin American politics was to offer new alibis to the authoritarian tendencies that were germinating on the continent. Thanks to his armed challenge, the right-wing military dictators could present themselves as a lesser evil, if not a inevitable requisite opposing another symmetrical military dictatorship, such as that lead by Castro [..] In the four decades that have passed since his death, the Latin American left and, of course, that in Europe, has completely expedited his goals and fanatical methods. To the point where today the only people who commemorate the date of his execution in La Higuera are the governments that subjugate the Cubans or those that invoke Simón Bolívar in their populist harangues.
  17. ^ Golpe a un caudillo (editorial sobre el golpe de Estado en Venezuela contra Hugo Chávez)
  18. ^ La careta de Chávez, editorial de El País, 18 de noviembre de 2007.
  19. ^ La guerra mediática contra Venezuela desde el diario español El País
  20. ^ http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/01/24/actualidad/1359002703_817602.html
  21. ^ http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/7640
  22. ^ http://www.avn.info.ve/contenido/venezuela-take-legal-actions-against-pais
  23. ^ "El dibujante chileno Fernando Krahn muere en Barcelona", El Periódico (in Spanish), February 18, 2010{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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