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El Universo

El Universo is one of Ecuador's largest and most influential daily newspapers, published in Guayaquil. It provides national and international news, business, and opinion coverage to a broad Ecuadorian readership in Spanish. Long established as a leading reference among the country's private press, it maintains both print and digital editions.

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Editorial perspective of El Universo

El Universo is positioned toward the editorial center, or its orientation is mixed or not consistently classified.

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