Infobae is an online newspaper based in Miami,

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

Daniel Hadad Daniel Hadad (born November 28, 1961) is an Argentine lawyer and businessman involved in telecommunications and media. Biography Daniel Hadad was born in Buenos Aires in 1961 into a family of Syrian origin. He earned degrees as a lawyer and j ...

, 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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Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

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, and

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, 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 es ...

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 Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade unio ...

censored Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

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

Robert Serra Robert Serra (16 January 1987 – 1 October 2014) was a Venezuelan politician from Maracaibo and a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Early life According to political analyst Helly An ...

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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