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El Diá

Uruguayan newspaper

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founded by Batlle y Ordóñez

  • José Batlle y Ordóñez
    In José Batlle y Ordóñez

    …when he founded the newspaper El Día. Shortly thereafter he joined the Colorado Party, one of the two ruling political parties of Uruguay, and in 1890 he started work to transform his party into a nationwide democratic political organization. He was elected to the Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies in 1893…

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    In Uruguay: Media and publishing

    El Día was the nation’s most prestigious paper until its demise in the early 1990s; it was founded in 1886 by the Colorado leader and (later) president José Batlle y Ordóñez. El País, the paper of the rival Blanco Party, has the largest circulation. El…

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