''Confidencial'' is a Nicaraguan weekly newspaper in Nicaragua with offices in the capital

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. It was founded in 1996 by

Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios (born ) is a Nicaraguan independent investigative journalist. He is the founder and editor of Confidencial, a news website and weekly publication combining investigative journalism and analyses of current affair ...

, Chamorro is the former director of the

Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto Cé ...

newspaper ''Barricada'' and son of

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 – 10 January 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of '' La Prensa'', the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He is a ...

, Nicaraguan journalist and former editor of ''La Prensa'' who was murdered in the last year of the

Somoza The Somoza family ( es, Familia Somoza) is a former political family that ruled Nicaragua for forty-three years from 1936 to 1979. Their family dictatorship was founded by Anastasio Somoza García and was continued by his two sons Luis Somoza D ...

rule, influencing public sympathy for the FSLN rebels. Confidencial was known for its

investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years res ...

and critical analysis, a legacy that persists, but appears in the form of online. The publication is often evaluated as an independent

news agency A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswir ...

operated by a small editorial team, as opposed to the Nicaragua's Sandinista government. Confidencial has two associated television news programs, “This Evening” and “This Week”. In December 2018 the National Police of Nicaragua killed a journalist, detained two others and ransacked the office of ''Confidencial'', taking its press room.

International cooperation

Confidencial cooperates with the independent Cuba-focused magazine ''

Havana Times ''Havana Times'' is an independent Cuban blog and online magazine founded in 2008. The online publication is edited in Nicaragua. Most of its contributors live in Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo. There are also Cuban contributors in Venez ...

'', which is also based in Nicaragua. Circles Robinson, editor of the Havana Times, is a columnist of ''Confidencial''.

References

External links

Confidencial website
(Spanish) 1996 establishments in Nicaragua Mass media in Managua Weekly newspapers published in Nicaragua Nicaraguan news websites Newspapers established in 1996 Spanish-language newspapers {{CentralAm-newspaper-stub

International cooperation

See also

References

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