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5 unusual facts about El Mercurio


Eduardo Anguita

From then on, he collaborated to many reviews and newspapers, such as Ercilla, Plan, Atenea, La Nación, El Mercurio, etc.

Joaquín Lavín

He was also political editor of the conservative Chilean daily El Mercurio.

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens

He sent copies of the constitution to Chilean newspapers and El Mercurio published a portion of it on December 29, 1860.

Relocation of moai objects

A meeting arranged between the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio which first reported the sale, and Hernan Garcia Gonzalo de Vidal, later failed to take place when Mr Gonzalo de Vidal became unavailable due to a "family emergency".

Thomas Forester

He made his first television appearance in December and newspapers from as far away as Chile's El Mercurio have requested interviews with him.


Arturo Fontaine Talavera

As a Director of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Fontaine has defended it against criticism from the Right (including politicians from UDI, different journalists and El Mercurio) which considers it to be both divisive and biased.


see also

Edwards family

Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure (1878–1941), businessman, diplomat and politician, President of the League of Nations and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper