Infobae is an online newspaper based in Miami,

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in the United States. It was launched in 2002 by businessman

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, with the original headquarters in

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. Infobae has 450 staff

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s and over a thousand stringers. The company expanded globally with local editions in

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Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

, Bogotá,

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, and

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, all led by Marcos Stupenengo. The expansion increased Infobae's international audience, becoming one of the most read Spanish-language online newspapers worldwide.

Demographics

Infobae.com is primarily viewed in

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and the

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History

Notable columnists

Domingo Cavallo Domingo Felipe Cavallo (born July 21, 1946) is an Argentine economist and politician. Between 1991 and 1996 he was Economic Ministry of Argentina during Carlos Menem presidency. He is known for implementing the '' Convertibility plan'', which ...

Geovanny Vicente Geovanny Vicente-Romero is a Dominican political strategist, lawyer, columnist, international consultant and university professor who teaches strategic communications at Columbia University as an associate lecturer. He specializes in public poli ...

Jaime Bayly Jaime Bayly Letts (born February 19, 1965) is a Peruvian writer, journalist and television personality. He has won an Emmy Award and two of his books have been adapted into international movies. Early life Bayly was born to an upper class Pe ...

Reynaldo Sietecase Reynaldo Sietecase is an Argentine journalist. He works at the TV news Telefe Noticias, and won the 2013 Tato award for best journalist work. Awards Nominations * 2013 Martín Fierro Awards The Martín Fierro Awards ( es, Premios Martín Fierro) ...

Censorship in Venezuela

On 10 October 2014, the Venezuelan government under President Nicolás Maduro

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Infobae in Venezuela due to the publication of photos of the corpse of the recently murdered PSUV member

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saying it was against Venezuelan law, constituted psychological warfare and was dishonorable to Serra and his family. Infobae responded by accusing the Maduro government of practicing a

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since the Venezuelan government publishes photos of dead Palestinian children in order to accuse Israel of war crimes.

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