The newspaper El Pais turns 40 dump in Latin America – Ultimahora.com

Madrid, May 4 (EFE) .- The newspaper El Pais, the most widely read daily generalist Spain with 1.4 million readers, 40 years old today overturned in the Latin American world and a global reach.

the country, according to its directors during these four decades has contributed to pluralism, a society better informed as Spain is best known outside.

the newspaper was born May 4, 1976, just five months after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, and from the beginning it became one of the symbols of the Spanish transition.

“More than born with the transition, helped born of the Transition “, he synthesizes its first director, Juan Luis Cebrian (1976-1988), who recalls the important role of the press at the time.

It also highlights the commitment of the newspaper at a time crucial, as the attempted coup of February 23, 1981, when he went out just two hours after the assault to the Congress of Deputies, with a first page that read: “coup. The country, with the Constitution. “

The current director, Antonio Cano, considers the newspaper a” manual of coexistence among Spaniards. “Across the country, many foreigners have met a Spain” modern and competitive “and allowed the Spaniards feel proud to be a democratic society

Among Cebrián and Cano have passed through the direction of the newspaper three other journalists. Joaquin Estefania (1988-1993), Jesus Ceberio ( 1993-2006) and Javier Moreno (2006-2014).

the newspaper, which belongs to the Prisa group, has suffered in recent years, like other print media, the crisis generated by new technology , to which the global financial crisis joined

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at the moment, according to Cano, the newspaper is immersed in a process of transformation of its traditional paper product to a digital editing and “trying to find “the model most appropriate business;” we are at the forefront of that battle, “says

in addition to paper, El Pais can be read on the Internet, in any electronic form and through social networks. .

Prisa is present in Portugal, France and the UK, and throughout Latin America, except Cuba, besides the United States.