El País is the leading newspaper company in the Pacific region of Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. Its headquarters are located in Cali

Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

. The corporation is owned by the Lloreda family of Cali which happens to be one of the most traditional families of the Pacific region of Colombia.

El País is part of Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos (Latin American Newspaper Association

Latin American Newspaper Association

- Latin American Newspaper Association :PAL is an acronym for Periódicos Asociados Latinoamericanos .PAL is a press group representing media organizations in South America...

), an organization of fourteen leading newspapers in South America

South America

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