{{short description|Daily newspaper published in San Jose, Costa Rica}} {{for|other similarly named newspapers|La Nación (disambiguation)}} {{refimprove|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox newspaper |name = La Nación |logo = La Nación (Costa Rica).svg |image = Portada La Nacion 2007 12 11 low res.jpg |caption = The December 11, 2007 front page of ''La Nación'' |type = Daily newspaper |format = Tabloid |owners = Grupo Nación S.A. |founded = 1946 |founder = Ricardo Castro Beeche |publisher = Yanancy Noguera (Director) |language = Spanish |headquarters = San José, Costa Rica |website = {{URL|http://www.nacion.com|nacion.com}} }}

'''''La Nación''''' is a Costa Rican newspaper. It is published in San José, Costa Rica. The newspaper is a general purpose newspaper, and circulates daily all year long, except on three Costa Rican holidays, Good Friday and the following Saturday, and the day after the New Year's Day.

== History == ''La Nación'' was founded on October 12, 1946, by Sergio Carballo Romero as director, Ricardo Castro Beeche as manager, and Jorge Salas heading the administration. The first reporters were Adrián Vega Aguiar, Salvador Lara, Eduardo Chavarría, Federico González Campos, Claudio Ortiz Oreamuno and Joaquín Vargas Gené. The newspaper was born during the confusion and political unrest caused by lingering electoral fraud, corruption scandals, government repression and street violence against the opposition, with the participation of the Costa Rican communist movement, that at the time was an ally to the Picado administration. Less than two year later after the foundation of ''La Nación'', these events led into the 1948 Costa Rican Civil War. <!--

De acuerdo con el periodista costarricense Juan Cordero: "Y ahí mismo nacía el diario que en las siguientes seis décadas habría de convertirse en referente obligado en la vida pública costarricense. Para bien y para mal."[http://www.nacion.com/proa/2006/octubre/15/reportajes852691.html] ------------- Today: La empresa inicia la diversificación a principios de la década de los años 90. La experiencia en la edición de revistas -Rumbo, Triunfo, Perfil, Tambor, Voltage,- nace, sin un estudio de factibilidad, por el empeño del primer director ejecutivo, Manuel Jiménez Borbón, quien opta por crear nuevas fuentes de trabajo durante la crisis de principios de la década de los años ochenta, para no despedir personal. Los periódicos Al Día y El Financiero buscan llenar el vacío de otro tipo de lectores, y las distintas secciones y suplementos de La Nación abren espacios de interés más generales y tocan distintas fibras de la mente y el corazón. Informa, crea opinión, discute los temas más actuales y vibra al ritmo de lo cotidiano.

En el año 1996, '''''La Nación S.A.''''' es una corporación asentada en 14.400 metros cuadrados. Contando con más de mil empleados y diez subsidiarias, además de dos matutinos, un semanario, cinco revistas, un negocio de impresión y distribución de impresos, artes gráficas computarizadas, locales comerciales, convertidora de papel e inversiones accionarias.

En el año 2006, cumpliendo su 60 aniversario, publican el dia [http://www.nacion.com/proa/2006/octubre/15/ 15 de octubre], en el diario un reportaje especial. En el mismo, se ven las fotos de sus las primeras ediciones publicadas, reseña historia, entre otros.

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== ''La Nación'' today == As of 2008 the newspaper is owned by ''Grupo Nación'', which also owns several newspapers, such as ''Al Dia'', ''El Financiero'', and ''La Teja'', and also the magazines ''Perfil'', ''Sabores'', ''SoHo'', and ''Su Casa''. ''Grupo Nación'' also owns other related companies, such as ''Servigráficos'', ''Impresión Comercial'', and ''PAYCA''. The group also owns several radio stations of the ''Grupo Latinoamericano de Radiodifusión'', in alliance with the Spaniard Grupo Prisa, operating three radio stations: ''La Nueva 90.7'', ''Los 40 Principales'', and ''Bésame''. Overseas the ''Grupo Nación'' owns three important newspapers. The Panamanian] weekly ''El Capital'', and ''Siglo XXI'' and ''Al Día'' in Guatemala.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

On May 2, 2026, the US revoked the visas of five members of ''La Nación'''s board of directors. According to the board's statement this was done without explanation or prior notice.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodríguez Mega |first1=Emiliano |title=U.S. Revokes Visas of Board Members at Costa Rica’s Top Watchdog Newspaper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/world/americas/costa-rica-newspaper-us-visas.html |access-date=6 May 2026 |work=New York Times |date=4 May 2026}}</ref> In an editorial the paper asserted the revocations were meant as punishment for its editorial stance in opposition to the Costa Rican government, which had been cooperating with the US on migration and other matters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: Nuestra posición sobre el ataque externo al periodismo libre |url=https://www.nacion.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-nuestra-posicion-sobre-el-ataque-externo/QUUL424AJRBLNLY5WIMHUJJ2BQ/story/ |access-date=6 May 2026 |work=La Nación |date=4 May 2026 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Editorial: Our position on the external attack on press freedom}}</ref> The board stated that "under no circumstance will these actions change the commitment to or the independent exercise of the journalism that has characterized ''La Nación'' during 79 years."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Natalia |title=Estados Unidos retira visa a miembros de Junta Directiva de ‘La Nación' |url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/estados-unidos-retira-visa-a-miembros-de-junta/J466RBO7R5DTRDNCUA6PHP45AU/story/ |access-date=6 May 2026 |date=2 May 2026 |language=Spanish |trans-title=United States revokes visas of "La Nación" Board of Directors members}}</ref> Citing privacy regulations, the US State Department declined to comment on the revocations. According to a Congressional Research Service report, the US had previously revoked visas of Costa Rican legislative and judicial officials and former president Oscar Arias over "unspecified ties to China."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Peter J. |title=Costa Rica: An Overview |url=https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF10908/IF10908.18.pdf |website=www.congress.gov |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>

== See also == * List of newspapers in Costa Rica

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.nacion.com/}} of ''La Nación'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060508183448/http://www.aldia.co.cr/ Web site sister newspaper ''Al Día''] (archived 8 May 2006)

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