El Líbero
TypeNewspaper
FormatOnline
Founder(s)Hernán Büchi[1]
José Antonio Guzmán
Gabriel Ruíz-Tagle
Eduardo Sepúlveda[2][1]
Carlos Kubick
FoundedSeptember 2014 (2014-09)
Political alignmentLiberal democracy
Right-wing
LanguageSpanish
Websiteellibero.cl

El Líbero is a Chilean online newspaper formed in 2014. Its founders include journalist and former editor of Investigation and Politics of El Mercurio Eduardo Sepúlveda,[3][1][2] the commercial engineer Carlos Kubick O., José Antonio Guzmán A.,[4] former Chilean minister of sports Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle, and economist Hernán Büchi.[1][5][6]

El Líbero currently has 88 shareholders and is a member of the National Press Association (ANP),[7] a conglomerate with 71 years of history that covers the main newspapers in the country. Eduardo Sepúlveda, director at El Líbero, is the association's vice president.[8]

Despite its denounced bias[9][10][11]—identified as neoconservative by scholar Luis Navarro[12]—the newspaper has received awards for some of its content,[13] such as the investigation by journalist Emily Avendaño[14] into links between Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, which was recognized by the Inter American Press Association in 2018.[15]

In October 2017, El Líbero launched Ediciones El Líbero Publishing House and has published various books on politics and public affairs. Its list of authors included former Chilean minister of culture Mauricio Rojas.[16]

Origins

According to Sepúlveda, the publication's name, El Líbero, is inspired by the Italian word Libero, which means "free".[2] Additionally, in an interview with Canal 13, Sepúlveda mentioned the Roman god of freedom, Liber, whose name refers to being able to move freely, one of the publication's goals.[2]

Ideology and criticism

In its beginnings, the periodical was popularly known as the "right-wing CIPER".[2][1] Centre-left politician Álvaro Elizalde described the outlet as a "UDI pamphlet", in reference to the right-wing party Unión Demócrata Independiente.[9] The far-left newspaper La Izquierda Diario has described El Líbero as reactionary.[17] El Mostrador has linked the newspaper to former President Sebastián Piñera, noting that two of his former ministers, Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle and Cristián Larroulet, are among the newspaper's owners.[10] After Piñera came to power, members of his government, such as Mario Desbordes, criticized the influence Larroulet had on El Líbero in attempting to exert pressure on the president to implement libertarian policies.[18]

Notable columnists

See also

Sources

  • Navarro, Luis (2019). "La educación escolar en los tiempos de Piñera II". In Pamela Díaz-Romero Monreal; Alfredo Rodríguez Arranz; Augusto Varas Fernández (eds.). Chile en marcha, ¿atrás? El largo invierno de Piñera II. Barómetro de Política y Sociedad. Vol. 15. pp. 115–132. ISBN 978-956-208-107-8.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eduardo Sepúlveda, director de El Líbero: "Hay una situación muy anómala en Chile: los medios se ignoran entre sí"". Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "El desarrollo profesional del periodista Eduardo Sepúlveda". Canal 13. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Eduardo Sepúlveda, director de "El Líbero": "No somos defensores de ningún partido"". Puro Periodismo. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Quienes somos".
  5. ↑ "Büchi y sus socios inyectaron 400 millones a portal El Líbero". Radio Cooperativa. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Las apuestas de Hernán Büchi, el hombre con más directorios en Chile contra quien la SVS presentó cargos". El Mostrador. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Diarios Asociados – ANP" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Somos ANP – ANP" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Elizalde desmiente aumento en sueldos de intendentes y califica a El Líbero como "pasquín de la UDI"". El Mostrador. 23 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. 1 2 "El Libero y PwC ya le están haciendo campaña a Piñera". El Mostrador. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Medio digital de ultra derecha es el que financió libro de Mauricio Rojas que dijo que "el Museo de la Memoria es un montaje"". Cambio 21. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Navarro 2019, p. 129.
  13. ↑ In the case of journalist, Emily Avendaño, there have been notes published by her in El Líbero Archived 17 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine that are directly related to the prized work "El caso Odebrecht: corrupción y despilfarro en Venezuela" (The Odebrecht case: corruption and waste in Venezuela).
  14. ↑ "Periodista de El Líbero gana premio de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa por reportaje sobre corrupción de Odebrech en Venezuela". El Líbero. 15 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "La SIP anuncia la lista de ganadores de sus premios a la Excelencia Periodística". EFE. 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Libros – El Líbero". tienda.ellibero.cl. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Editorial: A las puertas del Plebiscito, a un año de la rebelión popular". La Izquierda Diario. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Desbordes: "Larroulet no va a salir, va a armar una nota para El Líbero y se van a convencer que están en lo correcto"". CNN Chile. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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