El Norte is a daily newspaper printed and distributed in

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History

During the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, El Norte gained important successes in exposing corruption in government. Due to its principles of independent journalism, the federal government cut the paper supply required to print the newspaper, so the company had to import it directly. At the end ''El Norte'' won the battle against the then government monopoly import of paper for printing (PIPSA). Grupo Reforma is 85 years old. It began with the founding of the newspaper El Sol in April 1922, followed by El Norte in 1938, the newspaper Metro in Monterrey in 1988 (and renovated in 1993). Four years later, in 1997, the newspaper Palabra was born in Saltillo, and the Metro in

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. Mural, in Guadalajara, was founded a year later. In 2004 and 2005, Metro expanded to

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and Guadalajara. In 2007 and 2008, Metro again expanded to State of Mexico and

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. La Reforma, a branch of El Norte, was founded in 1993 in Mexico City.

2012 attacks

On 10 July 2012, gunmen threw grenades into two buildings belonging to the paper. On 30 July, the ''El Norte'' headquarters in Monterrey was attacked by three masked men who subdued the security guard and set fire to the building's lobby. Two carried automatic weapons. A police car arrived on the scene, but did not attempt to apprehend the suspects. The attack was the third in one month against the newspaper, leading to speculation that the attack was retaliation by drug traffickers for ''El Norte'''s coverage of organized crime.

Notable columnists

* Armando Fuentes Aguirre (Catón), writer and political analyst *

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, a political journalist * Rosaura Barahona, teacher, essayist *

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, writer, essayist * Carlos Monsiváis, writer, essayist, journalist *

Denise Dresser Denise Eugenia Dresser Guerra (born 22 January 1963) is a Mexican writer, and university professor. She is currently a faculty member of the Department of Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, columnist in Proceso ...

, a political analyst * Enrique Krauze, historian * Everardo Elizondo, an economist *

Gabriel Zaid Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual. Early life He was born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 24, 1934, son of Palestinian immigrants, is a Mexican thinker (poet, essayist, economist, businessman, engineer, an ...

, writer, poet, engineer * Germain Dehesa, writer and political commentator *

Homero Aridjis Homero Aridjis (born April 6, 1940) is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist and diplomat known for his rich imagination, poetry of lyrical beauty, and ethical independence. Family and early life Aridjis was born in Contepe ...

, poet, environmentalist * Jorge Castañeda, intellectual, academic, former

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, political analyst, former President of IFE *

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, writer *

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, historian and political analyst *

Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa (March 10, 1941 – October 16, 2011) was a Mexican journalist writing for the ''Reforma'' newspaper. He was the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo in 2004 for his career, and again in 2006 for his colum ...

, intellectual, political analyst *

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

, writer, essayist * Paco Calderón, political cartoonist *

Sergio Aguayo Quezada Sergio Aguayo Quezada (born September 10, 1947 in La Rivera, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican people, Mexican academic and human rights activist. He has been a professor and researcher for El Colegio de México since 1977, visiting professor at Ha ...

, a political analyst * Matt Sanchez, a political analyst * Alan Rivera, journalist, political analyst, news producer, TV talent * Lucrecia Lozano political analyst, academic *

Roberto Javier Mora García Roberto Javier Mora García (c. 1962 – 16 March 2004) was a Mexican journalist and editorial director of '' El Mañana'', a newspaper based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He worked for a number of media outlets in Mexico, including the '' ...

, assassinated crime reporter

Regular sections

* Internacional (International News) * Nacional (National News) * Local (Local News) * Seguridad (Public Safety and Criminal News) * Negocios (Business News) * Gente (Entertainment News) * Vida! (Miscellaneous News) * Mexico City (online version)

Supplemental sections

* Automotriz (Automobile News) * Interface (Electronics and Gadgets News) * De Viaje (Traveling News) * Top Magazzine (Entertainment and Gossip News) * Universidades (College Information News)

Social supplements

This supplements are only given to subscriptors who live in that neighborhood or that school. E.G. The Anahuac section is only sold to subscriptors living in the Colonia Anahuac neighborhood. * Sierra Madre * SM Joven * SM JR * La Silla * Cumbres * Cumbres Joven * Anáhuac * Linda Vista * Fototienda * ClubTEC * ClubUNI

References

External links

Official Page
(In Spanish)
Facebook page
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