Diario Co Latino

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Diario Co Latino is a leftist [citation needed] newspaper, published in San Salvador, El Salvador. The editorial team is currently headed by Francisco E. Valencia.

History

The newspaper was founded November 5, 1890 by intellectual and journalist Miguel Pinto. Originally named Siglo XX (20th Century), it was soon renamed El Latinoamericano. After the editorial was destroyed by fire, the newspaper was revived under a new name of Diario Latino.

During the regime of the General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, the newspaper was attacked and threatened by the military. Later the editorial was registered as Propiedad de Editora Salvadoreña de Periódicos, Revistas y Publicidad.

After the death of Miguel Pinto, his son (also Miguel Pinto) took charge of the newspaper and changed its format to tabloid. Like other newspapers of El Salvador founded in 19th century, Diario Latino was conservative. After the death of Miguel Pinto, his son Miguel Angel Pinto sold the editorial to “H” Corporation of Adolfo Rey Prendes, who served as Minister of Culture and Communication in the government of Napoleón Duarte. Rey sold his shares on the company to the well known journalist Eduardo Vazquez Becker, but the newspaper had being negotiated by the first right wing government with the guerrillas and was corruptly stolen by Banco de Crédito Popular that passed it to the Fondo de Saneamiento y Fortalecimiento Financiero (FOSAFFI), an organ created by the Central Reserve Bank.

In June 1989, Diario Latino was taken by force by members of the Partido Revolucionario de Trabajadores Centroamericanos, PRTC, with the help of El Salvador Sindicato de Periodistas y Similares de El Salvador (SINPESS) the workers armed with guns took over the building and menaced of death it real owners.

After that, the leftist guerrillas in power of the company started to make a new publication named CoLatino, but it real owner edited again in 2009 Diario Latino, under the direction of Eduardo Vazquez becker.

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