Spanish Newspapers - Reference Section

Question

Any recommendations in terms of which might be a good newspaper to read on-line for world current events. There are so many in the reference section that I find it difficult to choose. I am also studying Latin American Spanish so I've stayed away from the newspapers from Spain given the variation in the language.

Thanks as always.

Answer 1

I am also studying Latin American Spanish so I've stayed away from the newspapers from Spain given the variation in the language.

Well, if you are searching for a single Latin American variety of Spanish, you are likely to be disappointed because there are plenty of variations within the language as you traverse America as well.

If you are trying to hone in on a particular area, however, you might find this website helpful which lists newspapers by country and city:

http://www.prensaescrita.com/

Answer 2

Well if you want to read the news from a particular country; then read the news from that country. But, I will say from my experiences of reading Spanish that there tends to be some rather small differences, and that I can usually tell if something comes from Spain. Just as I can tell if something comes from England; the differences in spelling and word we don't use in the U.S. But that never stops me from understanding literature from England, and you shouldn't let it stop you from understanding literature from Spain either. Many of the differences that you will come across; you should be well aware of anyways.

Answer 3

There really isn't much variation in Spanish in newspapers. They use pretty generic language, very little slang or colloquialism. The other thing you'll find is that most of the Spanish language newspapers around the world pick up a lot of their stories from E F E, the Spanish (from Spain) new agency, just like English language newspapers use A P, U P I, and Reuters.

I read El Pais and El Mundo from Spain, El Clarín from Argentina, El Univeral from Mexico, the other El Universal and Noticias24 from Venezuela. The Venezuelan newspapers are pretty depressing for someone who lived there in the golden age of the 1970's.

Answer 4

I am also studying Latin American Spanish so I've stayed away from the newspapers from Spain given the variation in the language.

There we go! The variation of the language is noticeable in colloquial Spanish, not in written and formal Spanish! In formal or literary Spanish, most of the time it is impossible to tell whether it is from Argentina, Mexico, Colombia or Spain.

There is not "Latin American Spanish", please!!!! I have books written by academics from Latin America who are experts in American dialects, and they say that in colloquial Spanish, a Mexican can communicate better with a Spaniard than with an Argentinian (if none of them have a good education level). There are countless variations of Spanish all over the world, not just between Spain and Latin America. In Latin America, there are huge differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax....

Besides, there isn't a Spanish from Spain either! Spain has huge differences too. These differences can be so radical, that communication can be hard between people from two regions (again, unless they have a good education level). Some parts of the south of Spain can be much closer to Mexican Spanish than people from South America, while people from other regions are very different.

Please, get informed before making such preposterous generalizations.

There are differences in vocabulary between Spanish and Latin American newspapers, but not too much. - KevinB, Jul 1, 2011

He was only asking a question... if he knew the answer before he asked, he wouldn't have asked. How would you feel if you asked a question in good faith and someone told you to "get informed before making such a preposterous generalization?" - Jeremias, Jul 1, 2011