La Nación (Chile)
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La Nación is a Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an newspaper
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 created in 1917 by Eliodoro Yáñez
Eliodoro Yáñez
Eliodoro Yáñez Ponce de León was a Chilean journalist, lawyer, and politician, and was one of the founders of La Nación newspaper. He also served several times as minister and as President of the Senate of Chile....

 and presided until 1927 by Carlos Dávila
Carlos Dávila
Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza , was a Chilean political figure, Chairman of Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1954 until his death in 1955.-Early life:...

. It was a private company until 1927, when it was expropriated by president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...

, and since then has remained a state property. Currently it is owned by Empresa Periodística La Nación S.A., which in turn is 69% owned by the State of Chile.

Is published by the SA La Nacion newspaper company that also publishes the Official Journal of the Republic of Chile. Company revenues come primarily from sales of the Official Journal and the printing division of the company, and currently the market share
Market share
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 of the newspaper (except Sunday Nation) is marginal, due to its low circulation.

Born and expoiliation

The newspaper La Nacion was created in 1917 as a way to deliver information and compete with other newspapers of Santiago
Santiago
Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"...

 (El Mercurio
El Mercurio
El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...

, Las Ultimas Noticias
Las Últimas Noticias
Las Últimas Noticias is a Chilean, daily middle market tabloid newspaper owned by El Mercurio SAP....

, El Diario Ilustrado, among others). According to its founder, Eliodoro Yáñez, should give "priority attention to social problems affecting the population that represents the activity of labor and economic progress."

In July 1927, during his dictator
Dictator
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ial regime, General Carlos Ibanez del Campo expropriated the newspaper, which became the medium and official government spokesman
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. After that, its rightful owner, Eliodoro Yanez, left Chile, remaining in exile
Exile
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 until 1931. Back in his country, its efforts to recover the newspaper La Nacion were in vain and died in 1933, without receiving compensation for the expropriation
Confiscation
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 of the incident. Until today the Chilean State has not assumed debt to the descendants of Eliodoro Yáñez, as regards the daily La Nación.

Changes on the Military Regime

The newspaper circulated continuously until September 11, 1973, and six days after the newspaper was operated by the Armed Forces of Chile
Military of Chile
Chile's armed forces are subject to civilian control exercised by the president through the Minister of Defense. Military service of 12 to 24 months is mandatory for all male citizens upon turning 18. This conscription service can be postponed for educational or religious reasons...

 and was renamed La Patria, and later, in 1975, El Cronista. Only on June 3, 1979 (almost six years after its last edition), again called La Nación as such, however, their numbers continued as normal.

During the 1980s, La Nación became the official means the government of Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...

, on several occasions including various writings and publications of a propaganda
Propaganda
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. Also, and imitating the model imposed by the magazine Ercilla, began delivering free books from leading writers.

Officialist newspaper of the Concertación

In a fierce defense of the military government
Military government
Military government can refer to conditions under either Military occupation, or Military dictatorship.-Military Government:Military government is the form of administration by which an occupying power exercises governmental authority over occupied territory.The Hague Conventions of 1907 specify...

, a day to day, in March 1990, the newspaper changed to a center-left line. 5 and March 6, 1991, La Nacion published in full the "Rettig Report
Rettig Report
The Rettig Report, officially The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation Report, is a 1991 report by a commission designated by then President Patricio Aylwin encompassing human rights abuses resulting in death or disappearance that occurred in Chile during the years of military rule...

", released by President Patricio Aylwin
Patricio Aylwin
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was the first president of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990, following the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.- Early life :...

 on March 4 that year.

During the 1990s, the nation will achieve sales soaring at times, especially when it published the results of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (PAA), the SIMCE, or housing subsidies. At present, the results of the University Selection Test (PSU, which replaced the PAA) are published by El Mercurio, those in SIMCE by La Tercera
La Tercera
La Tercera , formerly known as La Tercera de la Hora , is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is El Mercurios closest competitor....

, and the housing subsidy by La Cuarta
La Cuarta
La Cuarta is a Chilean daily tabloid part of the Copesa group. Both in style and content it is the closest the Chilean press comes to a good old-fashioned British Tabloid.The newspaper is famous for its tone and plebeian style of headlining stories....

.

Sebastián Piñera government

In 2009, the then presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera
Sebastián Piñera
Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...

, the center-right Coalition for Change
Coalition for Change
The Coalition for Change is a presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition that groups the supporters of President Sebastián Piñera for the 2009-2010 Chilean election...

, showed their displeasure with the coverage that The Nation was the candidate of the Concertación, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He attempted a comeback as the candidate of the ruling Concertación...

, who had become manifest "firmly convinced that the best thing for Chile is to close the newspaper La Nación", [2] In addition to preventing journalists from entering the newspaper to a massive campaign event held in the Arena Santiago
Arena Santiago
Movistar Arena, formerly known as Arena Santiago is a multipurpose theater located in Santiago, Chile, located inside O'Higgins Park, in downtown Santiago...

. [3] However, after that , Piñera recanted, stating that "The Nation newspaper will be a pluralistic, respectful, and will have a similar status and similar to TVN", [4] which was confirmed after his election by his spokeswoman, Ena von Baer
Ena von Baer
Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and current senator.In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Ministry General Secretariat of Government...

. [5]

The day I took office Piñera, 11 March 2010, was appointed new directors at the Company Journalistic La Nación SA, all close to the Coalition for Change, Daniel Platovsky (RN), who became president of the board, Cristina Bitar (UDI), Hernán Larraín Matte (son of Deputy Minister Hernán Larraín
Hernán Larraín
Hernán Larraín Fernández is a conservative Chilean lawyer, university lecturer, and politician; he is a current Senator and former President of the Senate, and is also currently serving as the president of the Independent Democrat Union. Larraín was elected to the Senate representing the 11th...

 and Magdalena Matte
Magdalena Matte
Magdalena Matte Lecaros is a civil engineer, businesswoman and politician. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under Chile's current President Sebastián Piñera for the term of 2010-2014...

) and Gonzalo Müller (UDI). [

Owners

Currently the company is owned daily Empresa Periodística La Nación, a company formed by shares Class A and B. Class B shares (69%) are in the hands of the state. The remaining 31% for Class A shares are mostly owned by the company Colliguay SA composed of three individuals.
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