Diario de América
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Diario de América is a Spanish-language opinion
Opinion
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 journal
Magazine
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 about politics
Politics
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, economics
Economics
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, culture
Culture
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 and social issues
Social issues
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. Published in the United States
United States
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, the publication's name means 'America's Daily' which is also its alternate name.

Its contents are updated daily with opinion pieces
Op-ed
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 from some of the most renown
Renown
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ed columnists from Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

, Europe
Europe
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 and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

It was originally founded under the name 'El Iberoamericano' on Columbus Day
Columbus Day
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 2004 and in its relatively short lifetime it has become an influential
Social influence
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 vehicle of opinion in several Spanish-speaking countries and among the U.S. Hispanic community.

Diario de América's "Declaration of Purpose" cites as its main objective "the dissemination
Dissemination
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 of opinions whose essential purpose is the defense of the cause of human freedom
Freedom (political)
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." Its editorial line can be described as Libertarian
Libertarianism
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, Conservative and strongly influenced by Western thought
Western thought
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, upholding the values of individual autonomy, private property and a laissez-faire
Laissez-faire
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 economic policy.

Its Founder and Editor-in-Chief is Pablo Kleinman
Pablo Kleinman
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