AROwnership & classification
Founded: 1870
Ownership
La Nación was founded in 1870 by former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre. In 1909 the founder's heirs created the company S.A. La Nación, whose by-laws require that owners be descendants of the Mitre family, so the paper remains family-controlled to this day. The Mitre family runs it as the flagship of Grupo La Nación, a multimedia group that also owns the cable news channel LN+ and magazine titles; the family also co-owns the newsprint maker Papel Prensa together with Grupo Clarín and the state.
Funding
Commercially financed through advertising, print sales and a digital subscription/paywall, plus revenue from its broader media holdings (LN+, magazines). As a private company it receives no party or state subsidy beyond ordinary state advertising available to all outlets.
Affiliation & stance
Long associated with conservative, liberal-economic and agro-exporter ('landowning') sectors, La Nación is editorially right-leaning but is a privately owned, family-controlled commercial newspaper with no party or government control, which makes it INDEPENDENT. The site's INDEPENDENT/RIGHT classification is accurate.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Right
- Measured from coverage
- Centerbased on 430
84/100
Factual
80/100
Objective
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Articles
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Recent coverage
An American gets the maximum amount of recovery time at Wimbledon.
The article discusses the scheduling of the first-round doubles match at Wimbledon involving American tennis player Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams against the Argentine-Colombian pair Solana Sierra and Camila Osorio. The match was initially scheduled for Thursday and Friday but has been postponed due to Serena's injury during her singles match. Tournament organizer Andy Murray (likely a misstatement, as Andy Murray is a British player, and the correct name might be someone like Ashley Barker or another official) stated they are giving Serena as much time as possible to recover. They ruled out postponing the match to later dates unless necessary for safety or tournament flow. The match is expected to take place on a larger court to accommodate the large crowd attracted by Serena and Venus, who are major stars. Serena returned to professional tennis after four years, but she lost her first singles match and injured her knee. She did not attend a press conference afterward due to health reasons and expressed her commitment to participating in the doubles event. Serena and Venus have won six doubles titles together, including a title in 2016.
Ukraine reports two dead after night attacks by Russia, with the death toll in Kiev rising to 30.
At least two people were killed and eight injured in Russian air strikes on the Sumy region and Kryvyj Rih in Ukraine during the night of Thursday to Friday, according to Ukrainian authorities. This follows a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv earlier in the week which killed at least 30 people and injured around 100 others. In response to the attacks, Ukraine conducted missile strikes on Belgorod in Russia, causing a fire at an energy facility and killing one woman, according to Russian media. The overnight strike on the city of Romny in the Sumy region hit a residential building, killing two women and injuring a man, reported regional administrator Oleh Hryhorov via Telegram. Another seven people were injured in a missile strike on Kryvyj Rih, according to military city administrator Oleksandr Vilkul. In Kyiv, teams discovered three more dead bodies during the night, bringing the total number of victims to 30, according to Reuters citing Ukrainian health authorities. Kyiv's military administrator Tymur Tkačenko stated that the attack injured 99 people. Moscow claimed the extensive attack was a response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, including those carried
Franco Colapinto at the British Grand Prix, live
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The Argentine police detained Gustavo Gabriel Hamilton, a 61-year-old journalist who had been wanted since July 2024 after being convicted of sexually abusing his ex-partner. The conviction was upheld by the National Criminal and Correctional Appeals Court, which rejected his defense's appeal. Hamilton was arrested in the Parque Chacabuco neighborhood by detectives specializing in crimes against sexual integrity, following an investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation. He was initially convicted in October 2023 by a Buenos Aires criminal court for committing the crime through 'violence and intimidation.' His defense argued that the lengthy process, spanning over 11 years from the initial report to trial, violated the right to a timely trial and questioned the credibility of the victim’s testimony. The prosecution countered that the victim's account remained valid despite the delay.
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Argentina vs. Cape Verde schedule for this Friday, July 3, for the 2026 World Cup
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ICE's anti-migrant tactic that persists in Chicago despite being prohibited by law
The article reports on growing fear among immigrant communities in Chicago after reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting arrests near state courthouses, despite an Illinois law prohibiting such actions. The Illinois Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (Icirr) claims these operations continue, particularly during early mornings when fewer people are around. The law, HB 1312, signed by Governor JB Pritzker in December 2025, aims to prevent immigration-related arrests within state courthouses and their surroundings. However, the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Illinois, arguing states cannot restrict federal immigration enforcement powers. Despite the legal framework, local authorities and community groups report ongoing arrests, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the legislation and the safety of immigrants accessing judicial services.
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Marcelo Bielsa revealed the changes he accepted at the request of the players and took on the failure of Uruguay in the World Cup
Máximo Kirchner in Lezama Park: "Let's not get into government again and end up with a president worse than the current one"
Manuel Adorni, on Adrián Ravier, the new presidential spokesman: You will be the voice of who is making Argentina great again
The PRO and LLA approved the deregulation of the VTV and the law of hojarasca in the City
