El Mundo is a daily morning newspaper in El Salvador.
History It was first published on February 6, 1967,Rivas, Edgar (9 February 2017). 50 años de historia con “las noticias de hoy hoy mismo”, El Mundo by Dr. Juan José Borga. Several journalists who had worked at the Tribuna Libre joined the new paper, which was led by writer Waldo Chávez Velasco.Colorado, Jose Eduardo Cubias (6 February 2018). Diario El Mundo, 51 años haciendo periodismo en El Salvador, El Mundo
Originally an evening paper (published Monday to Saturday), it switched to morning publication in 2004.Historia, El Mundo, Retrieved 25 March 2018
A 1991 report described the paper as "less conservative" than the other leading daily papers in the country.Barry, Tom El Salvador: A Country Guide, p. 106 (Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center, 1991) (""ike the two other leading dailies, El Mundo, founded in 1968, is owned by members of the country's oligarchy, notably the coffee grower Nathan Borja. An afternoon paper, it is distinctly less conservative than the morning papers and allows its editors more independence. Denied the advertising available to its older competitors, El Mundo found an important source of income in the paid advertisements from opposition public organizations such as trade unions and human-rights groups ...")
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