La Nación (CR)
La Nación is Costa Rica's leading daily newspaper, based in San José and publishing in Spanish. It covers national politics, economy, society, and investigative journalism for a broad readership and is considered the country's principal press title. It operates print and digital editions.
La Nación (CR) at a glance
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- nacion.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups La Nación (CR)
Crosswire groups La Nación (CR) as Centrist for comparisons within Costa Rica'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 Costa Rica, Diario Extra is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open La Nación (CR) beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where La Nación (CR) sits in Costa Rica's press
La Nación (CR) is one of 5 outlets tracked in Costa Rica and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Costa Rica ranks eighth 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 La Nación (CR) outside Costa Rica, starting with Mexico and Central America, are El Universal (Mexico), Prensa Libre (Guatemala), El Salvador (El Salvador) and La Prensa (Honduras). Opening one of them beside La Nación (CR) is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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