La Patilla

La Patilla
Type of site
Online newspaper
Available inSpanish
OwnerAlberto Federico Ravell
EditorDavid Moran
URLlapatilla.com
RegistrationNone
Users+4.5 million (monthly, September 2015)[1]
LaunchedJune 11, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-11)
Current statusActive

La Patilla (English: The Watermelon) is a Venezuelan news website that was founded by Alberto Federico Ravell, co-founder and former CEO of Globovisión, in 2010.[2][3] In 2014, El Nuevo Herald stated La Patilla had hundreds of thousands of visitors per daily.[4] Beginning in early 2018, the website has been censored in Venezuela by the Nicolás Maduro government.[5][6][7][8][9]

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  2. ^ "Top Sites in Venezuela". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. ^ Minaya, Ezequiel (7 September 2014). "Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ Maria Delgado, Antonio (30 April 2014). "Nicolás Maduro busca poner cerrojo a la internet en Venezuela". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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  7. ^ "Wikipedia blocked in Venezuela as internet controls tighten". NetBlocks. 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  8. ^ "Wikimedia Venezuela insta al Gobierno a reestablecer el libre acceso al portal". Efecto Cocuyo. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  9. ^ "Denuncian bloqueo de Wikipedia en Venezuela". Voice of America (in Spanish). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-16.