''El Debate'' is an Argentine

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

, published in

Zárate, Buenos Aires Zárate is a port city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Buenos Aires. Its population as per the is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the headquarters for and the only city in the '' partido'' of the sam ...

. The newspaper dates back to 1900, where it began in paper format and later became an online-only publication. Zaratemunicipalidad2

History

''El Debate'' is the leading newspaper in the city of Zárate, located north of the province of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina. It was founded on July 1, 1900, by the conservative politician, Luis Güerci, with José Massoni being the first director. This first stage lasted until 1928. In this year, and during the presidency of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in ...

, the title had to suspend editing. In a second stage it reappeared on November 8, 1934, this time directed by Juan Albano. On March 6, 1940, the founder, then a

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, was mortally wounded in a shooting that compromised the continuity of the newspaper, which, despite this, continued to produce 10,000 copies a day. On this second occasion it remained until 1996 when it was closed again. Finally, after closing for a year, it was acquired by the Serpein group, the current owner of the medium, becoming an online newspaper, a format that it maintains to this day.

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