El Siglo (Chile)

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El Siglo
Front page of El Siglo's 9-15 August 2013 edition. El Siglo de Chile.jpg
Front page of El Siglo's 915 August 2013 edition.
Front page of El Siglo's 915 August 2013 edition.
TypeWeekly newspaper/magazine
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Communist Party of Chile
Founded1940
Headquarters Santiago, Chile
Website www.elsiglo.cl

El Siglo is a Chilean weekly newspaper, that is the official organ of the Central Committee of the Chilean Communist Party. The newspaper was founded on August 31, 1940.

On July 14, 1948 it was closed down as consequence of the anti-communist Defense of Democracy Law. From September 10, 1949 it was published clandestinely. On October 25, 1952 it was once again openly published. After the Chilean coup of 1973, it was once again closed down, although it was published clandestinely under Augusto Pinochet. In 1989 it became a weekly magazine. [1]

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