El País (Spanish word for “The Country”) is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Spain. According to the 2005 Estudio General de Medios (General Media Study), it has about 2.1 million readers; El Mundo (“The World”) is second with an estimated 1.29 million readers. El País is often referred to as a newspaper of record from Spain, along with its fellow Madrid morning dailies El Mundo and ABC. Politically and ideologically it is connected with social democrats.

El País was first published on May 4, 1976, during the early stages of the Spanish transition to democracy. Founder José Ortega Spottorno based it on the model of France’s Le Monde. It is now part of the media conglomerate Grupo Prisa.

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