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. It was founded in 1996 by Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios. Chamorro is the former director of the

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newspaper ''

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, Nicaraguan journalist and former editor of '' La Prensa'' whose murder in the last year of the rule of the Somoza family influenced public sympathy for the FSLN rebels. As a print newspaper ''Confidencial'' was known for its

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and critical analysis; this legacy persists, but now appears online. The publication is often evaluated as an independent

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operated by a small editorial team, as opposed to being operated by Nicaragua's Sandinista government. ''Confidencial'' has two associated television news programs, ''This Evening'' and ''This Week''. In December 2018, the

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killed a journalist, detained two others and ransacked the office of ''Confidencial'', taking its press room.

International cooperation

''Confidencial'' cooperates with the independent Cuba-focused magazine ''

Havana Times ''Havana Times'' is an independent Cuban blog and online magazine founded in 2008. The online publication is edited in Nicaragua. Most of its contributors live in Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo. There are also Cuban contributors in Venez ...

'', which is also based in Nicaragua. Circles Robinson, editor of the ''Havana Times'', is a columnist of ''Confidencial''.

References

External links

Confidencial website
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International cooperation

See also

References

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