''La Nación'' is a Costa Rican newspaper. It is published in
San José, Costa Rica
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. The newspaper is a general purpose newspaper, and circulates daily all year long, except on three
Costa Rican holidays,
Good Friday
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and the following Saturday, and the day after the
New Year's Day
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.
History
''La Nación'' was founded on October 12, 1946, by
Sergio Carballo Romero as director,
Ricardo Castro Beeche as manager, and Jorge Salas heading the administration. The first reporters were Adrián Vega Aguiar, Salvador Lara, Eduardo Chavarría, Federico González Campos, Claudio Ortiz Oreamuno and
Joaquín Vargas Gené. The newspaper was born during the confusion and political unrest caused by lingering electoral fraud, corruption scandals, government repression and street violence against the opposition, with the participation of the Costa Rican
communist
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movement, that at the time was an ally to the
Picado administration. Less than two year later after the foundation of ''La Nación'', these events led into the
1948 Costa Rican Civil War.
''La Nación'' today
As of 2008 the newspaper is owned by ''Grupo Nación'', which also owns several newspapers, such as ''Al Dia'', ''El Financiero'', and ''La Teja'', and also the magazines ''Perfil'', ''Sabores'', ''SoHo'', and ''Su Casa''. ''Grupo Nación'' also owns other related companies, such as ''Servigráficos'', ''Impresión Comercial'', and ''PAYCA''. The group also owns several radio stations of the ''Grupo Latinoamericano de Radiodifusión'', in alliance with the
Spaniard
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Grupo Prisa, operating three radio stations: ''La Nueva 90.7'', ''Los 40 Principales'', and ''Bésame''. Overseas the ''Grupo Nación'' owns three important newspapers. The
Panamanian
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weekly ''El Capital'', and ''Siglo XXI'' and ''Al Día'' in
Guatemala
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.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Costa Rica
External links
* of ''La Nación''
Web site sister newspaper ''Al Día''(archived 8 May 2006)
1946 establishments in Costa Rica
Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners
Newspapers published in Costa Rica
Newspapers established in 1946
Organizations based in San José, Costa Rica
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