Grupo El Comercio (GEC) is Peru’s largest media conglomerate in South America, owning the country’s oldest newspaper, El Comercio, founded in 1839 by Manuel Amunátegui and Alejandro Villota. The company operates through two main business units: Press (El Comercio, Gestión, Trome, Correo, Ojo, and Depor) and Television (América TV and Canal N). The Miró Quesada family has controlled the newspaper since 1876, surviving major disruptions including a closure from 1879-1883 during the War of the Pacific and expropriation from 1968-1980 under military rule. The conglomerate controls approximately eighty percent of Peru’s newspaper circulation and operates over 1,000 employees. The group underwent significant restructuring in 2020 when Gabriel Miró Quesada Bojanovich was appointed as chairman, though the corporate website currently lists Luis Alonso Miró Quesada Villarán as board president.