''Domovina'' (Homeland) was a

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an newspaper in Croatian edited and printed in the city of

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between 1908 and 1917. The paper also appeared under the name ''Novo Doba'' (New Epoch) for several years before reverting to its original name. It was one of the local newspapers most read by the resident Croatian community in Chile.

History

''Domovina'' (Homeland) was founded on September 12, 1908. The paper adopted the new name ''Novo Doba'' (New Epoch) on 3 December 1910, led initially by Juan Trutanić and later by Lucas Bonacic Dorić. Its editor was Pedro Gašić. Domovina 1916

In September 1911, the newspaper retook the name ''Domovina,'' continuing under that name until its termination on December 29, 1917. According to Mateo Martinić: ''" ..Some of these changes, as in the previous case, were motivated by the dominant nationalist tendencies in the corporate life of immigrants, progressively adhered to Croatian independence, feeling that depending on the course of European events would transform at last decidedly yugoslavist the middle of the decade of the 1910s"''

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{{Reflist, 2 Defunct newspapers published in Chile 1908 establishments in Chile 1917 disestablishments Croatian diaspora organizations Croatian-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1908