Correo del Orinoco

This article is about the original 19th century newspaper. For the newspaper launched in 2009, see Correo del Orinoco (2009).
Correo del Orinoco
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded27 June 1818
LanguageSpanish
Ceased publication27 March 1822
Correo del Orinoco's first edition

Correo del Orinoco (the Orinoco Post) was a Venezuelan newspaper created by Simón Bolívar. As such, it is the oldest sovereign newspaper on the Latin American continent and South America. The weekly paper was published from 1818 to 1822 in Angostura, a city on the river Orinoco which has since been renamed Ciudad Bolívar.

The newspaper's name is currently exclusively used by the Correo del Orinoco newspaper produced by the Government of Venezuela.