La Capital (Mar del Plata)

La Capital is a local daily newspaper published in Mar del Plata, Argentina, founded in 1905.[1]

La Capital
First edition of La Capital, 25 May 1905
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Florencio Aldrey Iglesias
PublisherMultimedios La Capital
Founded1905
HeadquartersMar del Plata
Circulation10.000
WebsiteLa Capital

The newspaper was founded by Italian immigrant Victorio Tetamanti in 1905, its first edition being published on 25 May, the anniversary of the May Revolution. Tettamanti was a former steward at landowner Miguel Martinez de Hoz's ranch or estancia near Chapadmalal, southwest of Mar del Plata. Tettamanti and Martinez de Hoz were both members of the Comite Mar del Plata ("Mar del Plata Comitee"), with strong links to the local upper class, and shared the same conservative ideology. The paper was instrumental to the election as Mar del Plata's mayor of Jose Heguilor, another member of the committee, in 1906. The municipality faced a series of crisis from 1906 to 1911, a period characterized by the collapse of local elected governments and direct rule by commissioners appointed by the province of Buenos Aires senate. In this new context, La Capital eventually gave support to the Junta de Resistencia ("Board of Resistance"), a political space that pressed for the continuity of local-elected authorities.[2] A democratic process followed, which ended up in 1920 with the election of socialist mayor Teodoro Bronzini. Socialism remained in power until yet another provincial intervention in 1929.[3]

A museum and a library were inaugurated at the premises of the old newspaper's office to celebrate its centennial in 2005.[1]

As of 2019, its average circulation was 10,000.[4]

References
  1. Nueva, La. "La Nueva". La Nueva (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. "SUFRAGIOS". www.mardelplata-ayer.com.ar. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  3. Bartolucci, Monica (2002). Las puertas al mar: consumo, ocio y política en Mar del Plata, Montevideo y Viña del Mar (in Spanish). Biblos. p. 78. ISBN 9789507863264.
  4. "Ni pelotón de fusilamiento mediático ni la corporación política – mdphoy.com" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-03.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.