El Comercio (Peru)

El Comercio
Issue 1 released 4 May 1839.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner (Monday–Friday)
Broadsheet (Saturday–Sunday)
Owner(s)El Comercio Group
EditorJuan José Garrido Koechlin
Founded4 May 1839
Political alignmentConservatism[1][2]
LanguageSpanish
HeadquartersLima
Circulation120,000
Sister newspapersTrome, Perú.21, Gestión, Depor, La Prensa.
Websiteelcomercio.pe

El Comercio is a Peruvian newspaper based in Lima. Founded in 1839, it is the oldest newspaper in Peru and one of the oldest Spanish-language papers in the world. It has a daily circulation of more than 120,000. It is considered a newspaper of record[3] and one of the most influential media in Peru.

  1. ^ Aquino, Marco (28 June 2021). "Peru's Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (1994). "Layout as Political Expression: Visual Literacy and the Peruvian Press". Visual Literacy in the Digital Age. El Comercio, the most conservative newspaper with the most space, covered many stories about terrorism, but tended to bury them inside
  3. ^ "Amazon Indian protest leader seeks refuge in Nicaraguan embassy". France 24. Agence France-Presse. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.