El Nacional
El Nacional is a Venezuelan news outlet publishing in Spanish, historically one of the country's most prominent daily newspapers based in Caracas. After ceasing its print edition, it continued as a digital publication covering national politics, economy, and society. It is widely regarded as a leading independent voice often critical of the government.
El Nacional at a glance
- Country
- Venezuela
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- elnacional.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups El Nacional
Crosswire groups El Nacional as Centrist for comparisons within Venezuela's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Venezuela, La Patilla is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open El Nacional beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where El Nacional sits in Venezuela's press
El Nacional is one of 5 outlets tracked in Venezuela, and one of 3 digital-native outlets among them — the others being Tal Cual and La Patilla. By outlets tracked, Venezuela ranks 18th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 35 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El Nacional outside Venezuela, starting with South America, are Infobae (Argentina), El Mostrador (Chile), Primicias (Ecuador) and News Room (Guyana). Opening one of them beside El Nacional is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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