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Nicaraguan
Newspapers
Freedom of Speech in Nicaragua
Overview
The traveler in a Central American country with an intricate,
eventful history like Nicaragua’s is very likely to be interested in
facts concerning the broad profile of the press. Before offering an
inventory of the most popular newspapers in Nicaragua, there is need
of several observations on the widespread condition and significance
of newspapers in this country.
The essential aspect relating to the freedom of speech and
expression is guaranteed through the country’s constitution. The
controversial history of Nicaragua has turned the press into a
particularly passionate supporter and guardian of the rights of man
at the times when the vulnerable, apparently exhausted legislative
departments were being attracted into actions disregarding the lack
of restrictions to what unhindered expression is concerned.
Subsequently, in practice, Nicaragua newspapers – and not only
newspapers, but other media as well, among which radio broadcasting
is very popular – have developed into the open witness and examiner
of the nation’s pursuits and periodic turmoil. As a result,
Nicaragua newspapers have been complexly implicated in the country’s
sociopolitical and conceptual disagreements.
Nowadays, Nicaragua is a state where all efforts have been directed
towards the fulfillment of the political view which focuses on the
significance of economic development and of social justice best
preserved with the least of government specific intrusion and
obstruction. In other words, all efforts target a design of
neo-liberalism at both the political and the economic levels. The
consequence of this situation is manifest on the press stage in one
generic condition of newspapers’ staff and their opinions: the
division between the defenders and the decriers of the parties
situated at the center of the general attention. As a result,
journalists and their domain of activity have been constantly
connected to the country’s power dealers.
Main newspapers
The most popular newspapers in Nicaragua are La Prensa and El Nuevo
Diario. Other well-regarded newspapers are La Noticia, Confidencial,
7 Dias, Tiempos del Mundo. The newspapers selected below will help
the reader form a general opinion on the main approaches in the
Nicaraguan written press.
La Prensa
La Prensa is widely viewed as Nicaragua’s chief newspaper, since it
has been a potent political catalyst for a long time. Generally, the
number of pages it reaches orbits the sum of 36. Also, La Prensa is
a daily newspaper. Its most prevalent issues concern government
activities, proclamations and decisions, dealing at the same time
with a number of urban matters, since the newspaper has its
headquarters in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua. Its position
is pro-neo-liberalism at the economic level, and, to what concerns
collective, social topics, it ranges in the limits of a conservative
approach.
By and large, La Prensa displays a pro-United States of America
stance and it supports the economic organization where enterprises
function without government interference to the extent of affairs
relating to income amounts and price setting. In other words,
consistent with its generally pro-U.S.A. attitude, La Prensa is in
favor of the development of a free market. As regards the general
layout of the newspaper, La Prensa is a broadsheet; weekly, it
appears accompanied by supplements, one for children, and one
specialized in the literary area (La Prensa Literaria).
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