El Siglo (Panama)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid[1] |
| Editor-in-chief | Juan Luis Correa |
| Editor | Eduardo Antonio Quirós |
| News editor | Magaly Montilla and Eliezer Navarro |
| Opinion editor | Avenabet Mercado |
| Photo editor | Didier Magallón |
| Founded | 16 January 1985 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Calle Alejandro A. Duque G., 0815-00507, Zona 4, Panama |
| Website | elsiglo |
El Siglo ("The Century") is a Spanish language daily newspaper published in Panama. It was founded on 9 January 1985 and as of 2010 had the largest circulation of any Panamanian newspaper.[2]
In 1990, after the fall of military ruler Manuel Noriega in the United States invasion of Panama, the paper offered a prize for the best essays that "explain and detail the criminal acts of the deposed tyrant (Noriega) and his followers."[3]
On December 10, 1998, Siglo reporter Carlos Singares was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment for defamation for a 1993 article he had written about former president Ernesto Pérez Balladares, accusing him of helping to move money out of Panama for former military ruler Omar Torrijos.[4]
In May 2000, Attorney General José Antonio Sossa attempted to jail Singares for alleging that he had pressured journalists, but reversed himself after criticism by President Mireya Moscoso; the following month, Sossa did jail Singares for eight days without trial for reporting in an article that Sossa had visited underage prostitutes.[5][6]
