{{Italic title}} {{Short description|Defunct newspaper in Bolivia}} {{Use American English|date=October 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{For|the Mexican thriller film|Presencias}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Presencia | logo = Logo of Presencia.svg | logo_alt = Logo of Presencia | image = Presencia, 10 October 1982.png | image_alt = Front page of Presencia on 10 October 1982 | caption = ''Presencia'' print edition on 10 October 1982 | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | owner = Episcopal Conference of Bolivia | founder = {{Ill|Huáscar Cajías|es}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1952|03|28|df=y}} | ceased_publication = {{End date|2001|06|02|df=y}} | publisher = Editorial Lux | language = Spanish | headquarters = | publishing_city = La Paz | circulation = 200,000 | circulation_date = 1950s | circulation_ref = | free = [https://archive.org/details/presencia-newspaper Internet Archive] }}
'''''Presencia''''' ({{lit|Presence}}) was a daily newspaper published in La Paz, Bolivia, from 1952 to 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Tania |date=5 April 2019 |title=PRESENCIA: Una escuela de ética y buen periodismo |url=https://fundacionperiodismo.org/presencia-una-escuela-etica-buen-periodismo/ |access-date=9 July 2019 |website=Fundación para el Periodismo |language=es}}</ref> The paper had the largest print circulation in the country and was considered a newspaper of record, being the only publication that did not reflect partisan interests.<ref name="loc2" /> Founded on 28 March 1952 by the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, it often served as an outlet for the Catholic Church in Bolivia.
== History == It was a conservative newspaper founded by the Catholic Church, days before the triumph of the revolution of April 9, 1952, as a "cultural and informative weekly".
Since its founding, for 25 years it was directed by the lawyer and journalist Huáscar Cajías Kauffmann. It was known for having no affiliation to any political party, even though it was known for giving a voice to the church.<ref name="loc2">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bolivia: a country study |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/90026427/ |last=Gamarra |first=Eduardo A. |date=1991 |editor-last1=Hudson |editor-first1=Rex A. |pages=205–207 |isbn= |editor2-last=Hanratty |editor2-first=Dennis Michael |access-date= |entry=The Media}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
On July 9, 1968, the newspaper ''Presencia'' published ''El Diario del Che en Bolivia'' for the first time,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbb.gob.bo/publicaciones/diario-del-che-bolivia/|title=Diario del Che en Bolivia|access-date=9 July 2019|website=Biblioteca del Bicentenario de Bolivia|language=es|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152527/https://www.bbb.gob.bo/publicaciones/diario-del-che-bolivia/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/ideas/2018/7/8/50-anos-de-la-publicacion-del-diario-del-che-en-presencia-186114.html|title=50 años de la publicación del Diario del Che en Presencia |website=Diario Pagina Siete|access-date=9 July 2019 |language=es|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152525/https://www.paginasiete.bo/ideas/2018/7/8/50-anos-de-la-publicacion-del-diario-del-che-en-presencia-186114.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://correodelsur.com/sociedad/20170729_la-desconocida-historia-de-la-cobertura-de-la-guerrilla-del-che-en-bolivia.html|title=La desconocida historia de la cobertura de la guerrilla del Che en Bolivia|access-date=9 July 2019|website=Correo del Sur|language=es}}</ref> eight months after the capture of Che Guevara.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2077-33232015000100005&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es |title=El periodismo en los años del Che |last1=Barrio |first1=Salazar del |last2=Carlos |first2=Juan |date=June 2015 |journal=Revista Ciencia y Cultura |volume=19 |number=34 |pages=83–111 |access-date=9 July 2019 |issn=2077-3323 |doi= |pmid= }}{{dead link|date=February 2025}} <!-- not archived at archive.org --></ref> At the time, the newspaper had 200,000 copies in circulation.<ref>[https://nacla.org/article/print-media-withers-bolivia-while-radio-thrives Print Media Withers in Bolivia, While Radio Thrives]</ref>
It was subject to intervention on several occasions by military governments in the 1980s. At the end of December 1980, military personnel had occupied its office, under the grounds that the newspaper was "offending the dignity of the Bolivian woman".<ref>{{Cite news |title=El periódico católico 'Presencia' clausurado por el Gobierno militar boliviano |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1980/12/31/internacional/347065216_850215.html |newspaper=El País |date=31 December 1980 |access-date=9 July 2019 |issn=1134-6582 |language=es}}</ref> As of 1989, Presencia was the largest and most circulated newspaper in Bolivia, with 90,000 copies available.<ref name="loc2"/> In 1984, it was part of a conflict between the Confederation of Workers' Unions (COB) and the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) as it took the newspaper three months to issue an independent stance on the situation. Since a democratic government was elected in October 1982, the newspaper supported freedom of speech and the press.<ref>[https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000084327 Bolivia's daily "Presencia": the price of independence]</ref>
On June 2, 2001, the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, owner of the newspaper, announced the closure after 49 years of work; its last issue said that it was going to be suspended for a while, as the publication had been suffering losses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://es.zenit.org/articles/diario-catolico-de-bolivia-cierra-momentaneamente-por-problemas-economicos/|title=Diario católico de Bolivia cierra momentáneamente por problemas económicos|access-date=9 July 2019|date=3 June 2001|website=ZENIT - Espanol|language=es}}</ref> A book chronicling its history was published in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olmos |first1=Harold |title=Una historia aún fresca |url=https://www.pub.eldiario.net/movil/index.php?n=29&a=2019&m=06&d=06 |work=El Diario |language=es}}</ref> Editions from 1964 to 1965 were digitized in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huaranca |first1=Lucio |title=Más de 2300 periódicos nacionales que abarcan 60 años están en hemeroteca digital |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/cultura/mas-2300-periodicos-nacionales-abarcan-60-anos-estan-hemeroteca-digital/20201021182338792300.html |work=Opinión |date=October 21, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://archivohistorico.lapaz.bo/index.php/presencia Digitized editions from 1964 to 1966] at the {{ill|Municipal Library of La Paz|es|Biblioteca Municipal de La Paz}} {{inlang|es}}. * [https://bibliotecadigital.bcb.gob.bo/xmlui/handle/123456789/3940 Digitized editions from 1965 to 1998] at the Casto Rojas Library of the Central Bank of Bolivia {{inlang|es}}. * Digital collection of archived editions at the Internet Archive.
Category:Newspapers established in 1952 Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2001 Category:Newspapers published in Bolivia Category:Mass media in La Paz Category:Catholicism in Bolivia Category:Defunct newspapers published in Bolivia