''Opinión'' is a newspaper published in
Cochabamba
Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, fourth largest city in Bolivia, with ...
,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. Founded in January 1985, as the information arm of the Bolivian Cement, Industries and Services Cooperative (COBOCE Ltda.);
said entity was still its parent company in 2025. Its founder and former director is Edwin Tapia Frontanilla.
History
In 2015, its director was Federico Sabat,
and in 2025, the director is Brenda Molina.
In 2019, ''Opinión'' suffered threats when it published a news item about a bomb explosion in a shopping mall; if the news item was not suppressed, it would be subject to another even bigger bomb.
In 2020 ''Opinión'' declared to the
Plurinational Electoral Organ
The Plurinational Electoral Organ () is the independent electoral branch of the government of Bolivia. It replaced the National Electoral Court in 2010.
Composition and function
The OEP consists of the 7-member Supreme Electoral Tribunal, t ...
to be of national circulation. In 2024, the newspaper was a member of the Bolivian National Press Association; the treasurer of the Association was a representative of the newspaper.
In 2025 a labor dispute had taken ''Opinión'' to court,
shortly after the newspaper celebrated its 40th anniversary.
References
External links
Official Site
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Newspapers published in Bolivia
Mass media in Cochabamba