El Nacional (Venezuela)
El Nacional is a Venezuelan publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional, most widely known for its El Nacional newspaper and website. It, along with Últimas Noticias and El Universal, are the most widely read and circulated daily national newspapers in the country. In 2010, it had an average of 83,000 papers distributed daily and 170,000 copies on weekends. It has been called Venezuela's newspaper of record.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Miguel Henrique Otero |
| Publisher | C.A. Editorial El Nacional |
| Founded | 3 August 1943 |
| Ceased publication | 14 December 2018 (print edition) |
| Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Circulation | 20,000 (daily) |
| Website | www |
Since the increase of censorship in Venezuela during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, El Nacional has been described as one of the last independent newspapers in Venezuela. El Nacional published its final print edition on 14 December 2018 (after having been cut to five print editions per week back in August), joining in the dozens of anti-government newspapers in the nation that have stopped printing due to paper and toner shortages. It became an exclusively online newspaper after the date, and has been blocked by internet providers since early 2022.