Correo del Orinoco (2009)

This article is about the newspaper launched in 2009. For the original 19th century newspaper, see Correo del Orinoco.

Correo del Orinoco (the Orinoco Post) is a Venezuelan newspaper launched in 2009 with government backing.^[1] It is named for its nineteenth-century predecessor, which under the patronage of Simón Bolívar promoted Venezuelan independence. It uses the slogan "the artillery of thought".

The artillery of thought.
Type	State-owned daily newspaper
Editor	Desirée Santos Amaral
Founded	2009
Language	Spanish and English
Website	www.correodelorinoco.gob.ve

History

The original Correo del Orinoco was published on the Orinoco river, but the modern newspaper is based in Caracas. The newspaper is affiliated to the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010 the Correo del Orinoco launched a weekly English-language edition, Correo del Orinoco International, with Eva Golinger as its editor.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 January 2016, Desirée Santos Amaral, a former Minister of Communication and Information, became the new editor of Correo del Orinoco. The previous editor was Vanessa Davies, a journalist and a political activist for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.^{[citation needed]}