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El Espectador

Bogotá, Colombia

El Espectador (The Spectator) is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on March 22, 1887 in Medellín and published in Bogotá since 1915. It changed from a daily to a weekly edition in 2001, following a financial crisis, and became a daily again on May 11, 2008 in tabloid format.

It is the oldest newspaper in Colombia. Since its first issue its motto has been (translated), “El Espectador will work for the good of the country with liberal criteria and for the good of the liberal principles with patriotic criteria”.

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THEN

1993

220,000 circulation

120 staff

1993 Frontpage
El Espectador front page from Feb. 10, 1993
NOW

2013

N/A circulation

N/A staff

2013 Frontpage
El Espectador front page from Feb. 10, 2013 (Or Feb. 8 page)