Prensa Libre (Guatemala)

Guatemalan newspaper

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Prensa Libre

Front page of the first ever edition of Prensa Libre, from August 20, 1951. 3500 copies were issued that day.
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Prensa Libre, S.A.
Editor	Gonzalo Marroquín Godoy (Director Editorial)
Founded	1951
Language	Spanish
Headquarters	13 calle 9-31 zona 1 Guatemala City 01001
Website	prensalibre.com

Prensa Libre is a Guatemalan newspaper published in Guatemala City by Prensa Libre, S.A. and distributed nationwide. It was formerly the most widely circulated newspaper in the country and as of 2007 it has the second-widest circulation.^[1] It is considered a newspaper of record. It was founded in 1951.

The billionaire Mario López Estrada was a minority stakeholder.^[2]

In March 2015, the newspaper's correspondent Danilo Lópéz was killed in an attack during a public event.^[3] In the aftermath of the death of Julio René Alvarado, the Prensa Libre publicly mocked Belizean officials who called on Guatemala for an apology.^[4] In October 2018, based on the information of an article published by the Prensa Libre, Donald Trump claimed that ISIS members were hiding within the Central American migrant caravans.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Barrios, Gabriela. "Un mercado para todos los gustos" [A market for all tastes]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
^ Times, The Tico (2014-08-04). "López, Guatemala's 1st billionaire, beating Slim with Tigo Mobile". The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
^ Elías, José (2015-03-11). "Dos periodistas asesinados y uno herido en una provincia de Guatemala". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
^ "Prensa Libre mocks Barrow's call for an apology". Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
^ Darcy, Oliver (2018-10-22). "Trump seizes on right-wing media reports to suggest migrant caravan has been infiltrated by 'unknown Middle Easterners' | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
^ Palma, Bethania (2018-10-23). "Were 100 ISIS Terrorists Caught in Guatemala as a Central American Caravan Headed to the US?". Snopes. Retrieved 2022-12-29.