El Mercurio
El Mercurio is a daily newspaper based in Santiago and one of Chile's oldest and most influential titles. It is known for a conservative, centre-right editorial orientation and provides extensive coverage of national and international news, politics, and economics.
El Mercurio at a glance
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1827
- Owner
- El Mercurio S.A.P. (the Edwards family)
- Published from
- Santiago
- Website
- elmercurio.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups El Mercurio
Crosswire groups El Mercurio as Right-leaning for comparisons within Chile's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Chile, El Mostrador is listed as Left-leaning, while Radio Bío-Bío and Cooperativa are listed as Centrist — so you can open El Mercurio beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where El Mercurio sits in Chile's press
El Mercurio was founded in 1827, is published from Santiago and is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (the Edwards family). It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Chile, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being La Tercera. By outlets tracked, Chile ranks 15th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El Mercurio outside Chile, starting with South America, are Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil), Clarín (Argentina), El Tiempo (Colombia) and El Comercio (Peru). Opening one of them beside El Mercurio is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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