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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner (Monday–Friday) Broadsheet (Saturday–Sunday) |
Owner(s) | El Comercio Group |
Editor | Juan José Garrido Koechlin |
Founded | 4 May 1839 |
Political alignment | Conservatism[1][2] |
Language | Spanish |
Headquarters | Lima |
Circulation | 120,000 |
Sister newspapers | Trome, Perú.21, Gestión, Depor, La Prensa. |
Website | elcomercio |
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.
El Comercio, the most conservative newspaper with the most space, covered many stories about terrorism, but tended to bury them inside