Confidencial
Confidencial is an independent investigative outlet founded in 1996 by journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro. Operating from exile since 2021, it focuses on accountability reporting and analysis. After its .ni domain was blocked, it moved to confidencial.digital.
Confidencial at a glance
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- confidencial.digital ↗
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How Crosswire groups Confidencial
Crosswire groups Confidencial as Centrist for comparisons within Nicaragua's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Nicaragua, Canal 4 (Multinoticias) is listed as Left-leaning, while La Prensa is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Confidencial beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Confidencial sits in Nicaragua's press
Confidencial is one of 5 outlets tracked in Nicaragua and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Nicaragua ranks seventh of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 35 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Confidencial outside Nicaragua, starting with Mexico and Central America, are El Faro (El Salvador), Criterio.hn (Honduras), CRHoy (Costa Rica) and Politico (United States). Opening one of them beside Confidencial is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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