Granma

Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, published in Spanish with editions in several languages including English. As the country's principal state organ, it presents news and commentary aligned with the Cuban government and the ruling party. It is one of the most widely distributed publications on the island.

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Granma at a glance

Country: Cuba
Region: The Caribbean · Americas
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Left-leaning
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How Crosswire groups Granma

Crosswire groups Granma as Left-leaning for comparisons within Cuba's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Cuba, 14ymedio is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Granma beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Granma sits in Cuba's press

Granma is one of 4 outlets tracked in Cuba, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Juventud Rebelde. By outlets tracked, Cuba ranks 23rd 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 Granma outside Cuba, starting with The Caribbean, are Listín Diario (Dominican Republic), Le Nouvelliste (Haiti), The Gleaner (Jamaica) and Trinidad Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago). Opening one of them beside Granma is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.