''El Ancasti'' is a local daily newspaper published in

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. ''El Ancasti'' was founded on July 8, 1988, and like the town of the same name, was named for a Cácan term referring to the

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that dominate

Catamarca Province Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 429,556 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, f ...

. ''El Ancasti'' became Catamarca's leading news daily, eclipsing ''La Unión'', established in 1928. The newspaper would later maintain a conflicted relationship with Governor Arnoldo Castillo and his son and successor, Oscar Castillo, whose administrations initiated numerous lawsuits against the daily and withdrew advertising.

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