El Universal
El Universal is a Caracas daily founded in 1909, historically one of Venezuela's leading newspapers. After a 2014 ownership change its editorial line shifted toward a more neutral stance, publishing national politics, economy and international news.
El Universal at a glance
- Country
- Venezuela
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- eluniversal.com ↗
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El Universal front page, right now
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Is El Universal left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists El Universal as Center within Venezuela's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In Venezuela, La Patilla is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open El Universal beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read El Universal beside another title from Venezuela and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Venezuela covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are El Universal's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because El Universal is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Venezuela either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
Where El Universal sits in Venezuela's press
El Universal is one of 5 outlets tracked in Venezuela, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Últimas Noticias. 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 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El Universal outside Venezuela, starting with South America, are El Comercio (Peru), El Universo (Ecuador), El País (UY) (Uruguay) and ABC Color (Paraguay). Opening one of them beside El Universal is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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