El País is a Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an newspaper

Newspaper

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, published for the first time on September 14, 1918, and distributed nation-wide.

Founded and published in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, El País was founded and directed by Leonel Aguirre, Eduardo Rodríguez Larreta and Washington Beltrán Barbat

Washington Beltrán Barbat

Washington Beltrán Barbat was a Uruguayan political figure and journalist.-Background and career:Originally from Tacuarembó, Beltrán moved to Montevideo and became a lawyer and a prolific journalist and writer...

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Originally it was a political newspaper devoted to the National Party

National Party (Uruguay)

The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....

. Later on it became a general interest newspaper. For decades, El País has been among the leading written media in Uruguay.