Article: El Pais celebrates Twenty-Five Years in Print. (Capitals).(Brief Article)

One of the institutions that helped guarantee Spain's return to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary earlier this year. The newspaper El Pais (which translates as "the country") published its first issue on May 4, 1976 and enjoyed almost instant success as a free, fresh, and independent journalistic voice among the tarnished and timid holdovers still on the newsstand from the days of the old regime.

Through the years, El Pais gave a slightly left-of-center view of how democracy was taking root in Spain and detailed how the country was shaking off four decades of stifling political, social, and ...

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