El Siglo (Venezuela)
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El Siglo is a regional daily newspaper that is published in Maracay
Maracay
Maracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the Girardot Municipality. The population as per the 2001 census was 750,000...

, Aragua
Aragua
* Aragua State, Venezuela* Aragua de Maturín* Aragua River* Aragua Municipality, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela* Aragua de Barcelona, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela* Aragua Fútbol Club* Aragua Glass Frog...

, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. It was founded on March 25, 1974. It circulates in Aragua, Carabobo
Carabobo
Carabobo State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The capital city of this state is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is 4,650 km² and had an estimated population of...

, Guárico
Guárico
Guárico State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Juan de Los Morros. Guárico State covers a total surface area of 64 986 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 745,100.-Municipalities and municipal seats:...

 and Miranda
Miranda (state)
Miranda State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. It is ranked second in population among Venezuelan states, after Zulia State. In June 30, 2010, it had approximately 2,987,968 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to the...

 states, as well as a small circulation in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

. Its current head is Tulio Capriles Hernández.

El Siglo is a morning daily with a daily circulation of 85,000 and a Sunday circulation of 95,000. In 2004, El Siglo's president denounced Didalco Bolívar
Didalco Bolívar
Didalco Bolívar is a Venezuelan politician, and was Governor of Aragua State from 1995 to 2008. His first three election victories were as a representative of the Movement for Socialism. In the 2004 elections he represented For Social Democracy, a party he co-founded in 2003...

, the governor of Aragua, in front of the Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa for his having searched El Siglos premises, and the governor in turn sued the paper for defamation. In January 2007, the paper's circulation was interrupted for three days because of a conflict over organized labor.
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