''Cóndor'' is a weekly German-language

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published in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

. The scope of the publication focuses on matters of interest to the

German Chilean German Chileans (; ) are Chileans descended from German immigrants, about 30,000 of whom arrived in Chile between 1846 and 1914. Most of these were from traditionally Catholic Bavaria, Baden and the Rhineland, and also from Bohemia in the prese ...

community.

History

''Cóndor'' was founded in 1938, the result of a merger of several previously existing newspapers in

German language German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switze ...

in Chile, including the former '' Deutsche Nachrichten'' which was founded in 1870. Presented in a

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, it goes print every Friday and can be obtained across the country, primarily in the central and southern regions. The paper includes articles and interviews on domestic matters, as well as news from

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and

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. Since its founding, ''Cóndor'' has undergone various changes. Early editions were printed as 72-page semi-weekly

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s. From 1951 it was resized to its present format and was printed twice a week—Wednesdays and Saturdays, though space was cut down to twelve pages. In August 1995, the publication was revamped with the help of German journalists and leaders of the

community. Currently, the paper is allotted 16 pages. Among the staff of ''Cóndor'' are included respected arts and music critics such as Pedro Labowitz and Daniel Quiroga and the economic journalist Iván Witker.

External links

''Cóndor ''official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Condor (Newspaper) Newspapers published in Chile German-language newspapers published in South America Mass media in Santiago, Chile