El Bogotano

El Bogotano is a daily evening newspaper tabloid, founded in 1973 by the journalist, politician and businesswoman Consuelo Salgar Jaramillo in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia and suspended its physical publication in the early 1990s.[1] For a long time the editor of the newspaper was Yamid Amat, a renowned Colombian journalist and radio broadcaster.Currently its director is "Tagor".

Newspaper elBogotano
TypeTabloid
FormatBerliner
Founder(s)Consuelo Salgar de Montejo
Founded1973
Political alignmentCentre-left
LanguageSpanish
Ceased publication1980
CountryColombia
OCLC number23848555
Website

Despite its sensationalism, El Bogotano was also known for denouncing several political scandals in the 1970s,[2] including a corruption case involving President Alfonso López Michelsen.[3] It was also known for its infamous mistaken front-page headline published on its 2 January 1974 issue that read: Maremoto en Bolivia ("Tsunami in Bolivia", a landlocked country), when Yamid Amat was its director.[4]

Twitter

In 2016, `La Casa Editorial el Bogotano` resumed the tradition of the newspaper founded in 1973, through a virtual version on Twitter (@elBogotano). Creating journalistic, opinion content and communicating news from Colombia and the world.

References
  1. Cacua Prada, Antonio (1982). Historia del Periodismo Colombiano (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Bogotá: Ediciones Sua. p. 69. OCLC 11372475. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. (in Spanish) Henry Holguín, “Colombia es un país de miedosos y arribistas”, El Espectador, 6 October 2002
  3. (in Spanish) Julio César Londoño, Sobre un pillo muy british, El Clavo, 1 August 2007
  4. (in Spanish) Yamid Amat, Titulé: Maremoto en Bolivia, Revista SoHo, 11 April 2007


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