''El Diario'' is a daily

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published in

La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

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. Incorporated in 1904, it is Bolivia's oldest newspaper and considered a

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for Bolivia. The newspaper traditionally followed a conservative position in line with its founders, the Carrasco family, one of La Paz's most influential families of the 20th century.

History

It was founded on April 5, 1904, and is

's oldest newspaper still in publication. It started as an evening paper, becoming a morning paper from the eighth edition; from edition 18 it started publishing daily dramas. In 1967, it started printing a few pages in color, and in the following decade, it adopted the offset system. On April 5, 1953, coinciding with its 49th anniversary, ''El Diario'' inaugurated its first

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service, which had a terminal manufactured by Westrex Corporation. The newspaper was usurped on September 7, 1970, when

Juan José Torres Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialism, socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a coup that resulted in the ...

became president of the republic, suspending its publishing until September 1, 1971.

Directors

* 1904 - 1908

José Carrasco Torrico José Carrasco Torrico (4 November 1863 – 24 May 1921) was a Bolivian lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the 19th vice president of Bolivia from 1913 to 1917. He served as second vice president alongside first vice president Jua ...

* 1908 - 1912 Benigno Lara * 1913 Franz Tamayo * 1913 Luis Espinoza y Saravia * 1915 Ernesto Careaga Lanza * 1916 - 1920 Casto Rojas * 1918 Federico Gutiérrez Granier * 1919 Claudio Peñaranda * 1920 Octavio Limpias * 1920 José Santos Quinteros * 1920 - 1926 Fabián Vaca Chávez * 1926 Carlos Romero * 1926 Manuel Carrasco Jiménez * 1926 - 1927 Alberto Ostria Gutiérrez * 1927 - 1930 Manuel Carrasco Jiménez * 1927 Fernando Guachalla * 1930 - 1945 Manuel Carrasco Jiménez * 1946 Julio César Canelas * 1946 - 1948 Mario Carrasco Villalobos * 1948 - 1955 José Carrasco Jiménez * 1955 Luis Carrasco Jiménez * 1955 - 1957 Oscar Cerruto * 1957 - 1961 José Carrasco Jiménez * 1961 - 1963 Mario Rolón Anaya * 1964 - 1970 Jorge Carrasco Villalobos * 1967 Carlos Romero Álvarez García (interino) * 1970 - 1971 Pablo Arrieta * 1971 Guillermo Céspedes Rivera * 1971 - 1988 Jorge Carrasco Villalobos * 1988 - 1992 Elena Jahnsen de Carrasco * 1993 - 2002 Jorge Carrasco Jahnsen * 2002 - 2015 Antonio Carrasco Guzmán

Recognition

In 1999, the Bolivian government granted the Simón Bolívar Order of Civil Merit, under the Grand Cross order.

References

External links

* Newspapers published in Bolivia Newspapers established in 1904 Mass media in La Paz Conservatism in Bolivia {{Bolivia-newspaper-stub