Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) Grupo La República Political alignment Centre-left | Founded November 16, 1981 | |
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La República ( listen ) is a center-left newspaper published in Lima, Peru. It is one of the two main national dailies sold all over the country since it was founded on November 16, 1981. The paper was founded by Gustavo Mohme Llona, a former member of the Peruvian Congress. Peruvian journalist Guillermo Thorndike served as the newspaper's founding editor.
Under Llona's leadership, La República was a staunch opponent of the government of President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).
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