El País (UY)
El País is one of Uruguay's leading daily newspapers, based in Montevideo and publishing in Spanish. It covers national politics, economy, sports, and international news for a general readership. It is among the country's most established press titles and operates both print and digital editions.
El País (UY) at a glance
- Country
- Uruguay
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- elpais.com.uy ↗
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How Crosswire groups El País (UY)
Crosswire groups El País (UY) as Centrist for comparisons within Uruguay'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 Uruguay, la diaria is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open El País (UY) beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where El País (UY) sits in Uruguay's press
El País (UY) is one of 5 outlets tracked in Uruguay, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being El Observador (UY) and la diaria. By outlets tracked, Uruguay ranks 20th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El País (UY) outside Uruguay, starting with South America, are Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil), Clarín (Argentina), El Mercurio (Chile) and El Tiempo (Colombia). Opening one of them beside El País (UY) is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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