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''El Defensor de Granada'' (The Defender of Granada) was a Spanish newspaper with liberal-progressive ideology that was published in Granada between the end of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. It disappeared after the outbreak of the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...
. From 1907 it belonged to the Sociedad Editorial de España.


History

''El Defensor de Granada'' was founded in 1880 by
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. In its initial stage the newspaper had the financing and valuable support of José Genaro Villanova, a rich businessman and politician from Granada. Its circulation was limited to the city of Granada. In 1907 it became the property of the Sociedad Editorial de España, subsequently reconstituted as Sociedad Editora Universal. This company already owned other leading national newspapers such as ''
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''. The newspaper became the main voice for liberalism, secularism, modernization of Spain and political regeneration, which gave it a wide audience and gave it more influence than other newspapers. In 1927 it had a circulation of 12,000 copies a day, which made it the most important newspaper in Granada. In the local journalistic field at that time its main competitors were the ''
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''. In the last twelve years of its existence ''El Defensor de Granada'' was headed by the eminent writer and journalist
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. He was also active in politics and became mayor of Granada for a brief period. After the proclamation of the
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, during the 1930s ''El Defensor de Granada'' showed itself clearly sympathetic to the new regime. In these years its main journalistic rival was the Catholic and conservative ''Ideal'' newspaper. At the start of the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...
, on July 20, 1936, the Defender of Granada was closed by the military coup leaders and its facilities were raided. The property was seized by the rebel forces. Its director was arrested days later, on July 27, and killed one day without trial early in August 1936. The repression also affected another of its journalists, Eufrasio Martin, His wife was killed instead of him, since he was not in Granada. The civil war meant, in short, the disappearance of the newspaper.


Featured contributors

Throughout its existence the newspaper had the collaboration of notable figures, including
Ángel Ganivet Ángel Ganivet García (13 December 1865 in Granada, Spain – 29 November 1898 in Riga) was a Spanish writer and diplomat. He was considered a precursor to the Generation of '98. On 29 November 1898, disillusioned in love, Ganivet drowned himse ...
, Paco Seco de Lucena, Francisco de Paula Valladar, Luis Fernández de Córdoba, Federico Olóriz Aguilera, Constantino Ruiz Carnero, Antonio Afán de Ribera, Francisco Javier Simonet, Nicolás María López, Ramón Noguera Bahamonde, Alberto Álvarez de Cienfuegos Cobos, Francisco de Paula Villa-Real, etc.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Defensor de Granada. El Spanish-language newspapers History of Granada