''El Dínamo'' is a

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founded in 2010. In late 2009,

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―then Sebastián Iglesias― presented the communicational project that would end up being ''El Dínamo''. Later, the newspaper was supported by then

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Juan José Santa Cruz, leader of the think tank Giro País.

History

After the defeat of the Christian-democratic candidate Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle against

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(

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) in 2009 Chilean presidential election, Giro País decided, through its then executive director Sebastián Iglesias, to create a medium that promotes a "culture of the opposition in the current

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", because Giro País would be "a center of action more than of thought and we want it to put centre and liberal ideas capable of bringing to the new opposition the modernity, which was left behind in time". Thus, Ediciones Giro País SpA was officially created and was initially established by

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, the lawyer Luis Alberto Aninat Urrejola and Juan José Santa Cruz, who later became the financier and campaign manager of

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, former

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first government (2006–2010).

References

External links

El Dínamo Official Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dínamo, El 2010 establishments in Chile Chilean news websites Internet properties established in 2010 Newspapers established in 2010 Spanish-language websites Mass media in Santiago