Correo del Orinoco (2009)

The artillery of thought.
Type State-owned daily newspaper
Editor Eva Golinger
Founded 2009
Language Spanish and English
Website www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve

Correo del Orinoco (the Orinoco Post) is a Venezuelan government backed[1][2] progressive newspaper launched in 2009, named for Simón Bolívar's original Correo del Orinoco. It is associated with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela; Vanessa Davies is the editor.[3]

It launched an English-language edition in 2010; Eva Golinger is the editor-in-chief.[4]

References

  1. Carroll, Rory (7 March 2010). "Why being a satirist is no joke in Hugo Chávez's Venezuela". Guardian online. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. "Chavez in driver's seat as he silences his critics". The New Zealand Herald (via LexisNexis). 10 March 2010.
    * "Parlamento aprobó crédito para aumentar tiraje del Correo del Orinoco" (in Spanish). Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN). 3 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. Venezuelanalysis.com, 3 September 2009, New National Progressive Newspaper Goes to Print in Venezuela
  4. Venezuelanalysis.com, 22 January 2010, Announcing Venezuela’s First and Only English Language Newspaper, Correo del Orinoco International