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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Cuban government |
| Editor | Yailin Orta Rivera |
| Founded | October 4, 1965; 60 years ago (October 4, 1965) |
| Political alignment | Communist Party of Cuba |
| Language | Spanish,English,French,Portuguese,Italian,German |
| Headquarters | Plaza de la Revolución,Havana, Cuba |
| ISSN | 0864-0424 |
| Website | granma.cu |
Granma (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈɡɾamma]) is the official newspaper of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers,Revolución (IPA:[reboluˈsjon];lit. 'Revolution') andHoy (IPA:[ˈoi];lit. 'Today').[1] Publication of the newspaper began in February 1966.[2] Its name comes from theyachtGranma that carriedFidel Castro and 81 other rebels to Cuba's shores in 1956, launching theCuban Revolution.[3] The newspaper has been a way for the Cuban Communist Party to communicatetheir ideology to the world, especiallyregarding the United States.[4]Marta Rojas worked for the paper since its founding.
The newspaper is published daily and is the most widely read newspaper in Cuba. In 1997, the circulation of the newspaper was estimated to be approximately 675,000.[citation needed] Several weekly international editions, available inEnglish,Spanish,French,German,Italian,Turkish andPortuguese, are also distributed abroad.[citation needed] Apart from Cuba,Granma is also printed inArgentina,Brazil, andCanada.[5] Also, news stories fromGranma are often carried later in the Spanish-language sections of periodicals with a similar political base,[citation needed] such asPeople's Weekly World.
The normal edition is published six days a week (not Sundays) and runs to eight pages plus occasional supplements.
The first website forGranma was created in August 1996, makingGranma the first media organization in Cuba to have a website. TheGranma daily news was first published on a separate website in July 1997, and the two sites were later merged. The website includes versions of the newspaper in five languages other than Spanish, and updates all of these versions daily.[5]
Granma regularly features:[citation needed]
The Newspaper has tended to focus on events occurring in and aroundHavana. In regards to political events, it has tended to focus on events supportive of the party and government, while excluding events that do not support these institutions.[2]
TheCartas a la Dirección section ofGranma contains letters from readers, as well as responses from the editor. It was first included in the newspaper on March 14, 2008, soon after Raúl Castro's speech stating that theCuban Communist Party is open to criticism. The section has since then become very popular. The letters in this section can involve multiple topics, including complaints and suggestions for the newspaper or the Cuban Communist Party.[6] Publication of letters to the editor ofGranma serve a few functions. First, the publication of the letters acts as a platform in which the Cuban public can directly interact with the editor of the newspaper, as well as with the communist party as a whole. It also serves as a method for the party and the government to stay accountable to the public. Finally, the letters help inform Cuban leadership of matters concerning the people.[6] Initially, very few of the letters published inCartas a la Dirección received responses, and these responses were often vague and unhelpful. However,Granma, through editorial comments added onto letters and responses, as well as a periodic overview of responses, attempted to pressure government agencies into improving the quality and frequency of their responses. The strategy worked, with 77 percent of letters receiving responses in 2016, improved from only 8.8 percent in 2011.[6]
The sectionCartas a la Dirección is not the first timeGranma has included letters from readers in the newspaper, but most of these sections were more focused on a certain topic, such as economic statistics ortransportation and infrastructure.[6] An exception wasA vuelta de correo, which began in 1975 and continued until 1984. LikeCartas a la Dirección,A vuelta de correo included questions from the Cuban public that brought attention to various issues, as well as occasional responses by the government. However, these letters were much less specific than those found inCartas a la Dirección, and were frequently redacted.[6]
In 2012, Mairelys Cuevas Gómez, the editor-in-chief ofGranma, fled toMiami after seekingasylum in the US.[7][8]
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