What happened to El Espectador?

Guillermo Cano, the editor of El Espectador, Colombia’s oldest newspaper, was murdered on December 17 1986 as he left work. Three years later, a Medellín cartel bomb blew up the paper’s Bogotá offices, in what was meant as a final reprisal for El Espectador’s continued denunciations of the drug gangs.

Who owns El Espectador Colombia?

Valores Bavaria S.A.
Ownership Structure Since 12 November 1997, Valores Bavaria S.A.(currently Valorem S.A.) has been the owner of El Espectador. It bought the newspaper’s majority stock. The Cano family, founders of the newspaper, retained a small percentage of the newspaper that today amounts to less 1%.

Does El Espectador still exist?

It defined itself as a “political, literary, news and industrial newspaper”. Years later it became a daily and in 2001 became a weekly. Since then, the paper uses the slogan “El Espectador. Opinion is news”, implying it now focuses in opinion articles, not in breaking news.

Who killed Guillermo Cano?

Guillermo Cano Isaza (12 August 1925-17 December 1986) was the editor of El Espectador, a Colombian newspaper. He was murdered by Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel in 1986.

When did El Espectador become a daily newspaper?

El Espectador (meaning “The Spectator”) is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It changed from a daily to a weekly edition in 2001, following a financial crisis, and became a daily again on 11 May 2008,…

Where was the headquarters of El Espectador located?

In 1964 its headquarters moved from downtown to western Bogotá, on the avenida 68, the area becoming known as Avenida El Espectador. At the inauguration, its then director Gabriel Cano Villegas said: “if El Tiempo has the best corner in Bogotá, El Espectador has the best corner in the country.”.

Who was the leader of El Espectador in 1952?

On 6 September 1952, its facilities, then located in downtown Bogotá, as well as the building of competitor El Tiempo and the houses of Liberal Party leaders Eduardo Santos and Carlos Lleras Restrepo, were looted and partially destroyed, apparently with the tacit consent of the government. It reappeared on 16 September.

When did El Espectador replace El Independiente?

In order to replace El Espectador, on 20 February 1956 appeared El Independiente, directed by Alberto Lleras Camargo, who retired in April when the newspaper was closed for several months. It was published again in 1957 but due to an agreement by the opposition newspapers, it suspended its publication on 5 May.