O Globo is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded on July 29, 1925, in Rio de Janeiro by journalist Irineu Marinho. The newspaper focuses primarily on hard news, covering national politics, economics, and international affairs, and is known for investigative reporting. It is the most prominent print publication within the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. O Globo treats its columnists as true “anchors” to attract readers and maintain influence among business and political figures.
Valor Econômico is a Brazilian financial daily newspaper launched on May 2, 2000, and focuses on financial, economic, and business news while also covering culture, careers, and investment. It was originally co-founded as a joint venture between Grupo Folha and Grupo Globo, each holding a 50 percent stake, before Grupo Globo acquired full ownership in September 2016.
Monitor Mercantil is a Brazilian business newspaper founded in 1912 in Rio de Janeiro, currently operating as a digital publication covering finance, economics, and markets. Its editor-in-chief and co-owner, Marcos de Oliveira, also serves as an advisor to the Brazil-China Cultural Exchange Chamber of Commerce. De Oliveira has traveled to China on multiple occasions since at least 2017, when he attended the BRICS Media Forum in Beijing, and has given interviews to Xinhua News Agency. The newspaper hosts a dedicated Belt and Road (Cinturão e Rota in Portuguese) section in partnership with Xinhua and joined the Belt and Road News Network (BRNN) in 2022 – a Beijing-based media alliance chaired by People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee. Monitor Mercantil has also conducted joint reporting trips with People’s Daily across five Brazilian states covering Chinese corporate projects, and de Oliveira published an article directly in People’s Daily in October 2025 praising China’s Five-Year Plan — content subsequently shared by the Chinese Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson’s official accounts. In July 2025, the newspaper co-organized the 7th BRICS Media and Think Tank Forum in Rio de Janeiro alongside Xinhua.
The Mast is a privately owned independent daily newspaper published in Lusaka, Zambia, incorporated on September 15, 2016 under Oracle Media and owned by Mutinta Mazoka-M’membe. The paper was founded as a direct successor to The Post, another leading Zambian publication, after Zambian tax authorities ordered the closure of Post Newspapers Limited on June 21, 2016, demanding 6.1 million US dollars in tax arrears, and a court placed the company in liquidation in November 2016. Fred M’membe, husband of Mazoka-M’membe, had founded and edited The Post from 1991 until its closure and remains closely associated with The Mast. In February 2017, the International Press Institute reported that over 20 armed police officers raided the couple’s home, arrested Mazoka-M’membe, and attempted to prevent the paper from printing — actions IPI characterized as a politically motivated campaign to silence criticism of the ruling Patriotic Front government of President Edgar Lungu. Reporters Without Borders identifies The Mast, alongside News Diggers and the Daily Nation, as one of Zambia’s three most influential newspapers. The paper publishes daily print and digital editions.
Brasil 247 is a Brazilian news and political analysis website with a left-leaning editorial line, founded in March 2011. The site covers Brazilian politics, economics, and current affairs, and is managed by Editora 247, which also operates the TV 247 YouTube channel, launched in August 2017.
The Daily Nation is a privately owned daily newspaper published in Lusaka, Zambia, owned by veteran journalist Richard Sakala. The paper describes itself on its website as “The People’s Newspaper” and claims on the banner of its news site to pursue “justice and equity with integrity.” Reporters Without Borders identifies the Daily Nation, alongside News Diggers and The Mast, as one of Zambia’s three most influential private newspapers in the country. Successive governments have brought legal pressure to bear on the paper, most notably in December 2013 when Zambian police arrested and charged Sakala and production editor Simon Mwanza under Section 67 of the penal code for “publication of false information with intent to cause public alarm” in connection with a report citing civil society concerns about an alleged secret police militia recruitment, and again in 2014 when then-President Michael Sata personally filed and testified in a defamation suit against Sakala, which Freedom House documented as part of a broader pattern of official pressure on independent print outlets. The paper publishes daily print and digital editions and operates an e-paper subscription platform.
Veja is a Brazilian weekly news magazine founded on September 11, 1968, and distributed nationally by media conglomerate Grupo Abril — a company founded by Italian-American businessman Victor Civita in 1950. Veja covers politics, economics, culture, world events, entertainment, and war, alongside editorial pieces on topics such as technology, ecology, and religion.
El Semanal de La Mancha is a weekly Spanish-language newspaper based in Castilla-La Mancha, a comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of central Spain comprising the provinces of Toledo, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Albacete. It was founded in 2009 by a group of local journalists and media professionals as a self-employment cooperative, following the closure of the regional weekly Canfali, which its founders said left a significant information and advertising gap in the La Mancha region, where at the time no printed newspapers with local coverage existed — only radio and television broadcasters and some provincial dailies published out of the city of Ciudad Real. The paper covers local news across more than a dozen municipalities — including Alcázar de San Juan, Tomelloso, and Campo de Criptana — and includes sections on opinion, politics, sports, agricultural news, and community listings, published in a print edition of 48 to 56 pages distributed at newsstands each Friday. In 2011, the newspaper launched its digital edition to reach younger and broader audiences.
El País is a Spanish-language daily newspaper founded on May 4, 1976, during the country’s transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco, whose authoritarian regime had controlled Spain’s press for nearly four decades. Based in Madrid and owned by the Prisa media conglomerate, it was the first major Spanish newspaper to operate independently of Franco’s political influence. The paper covers national and international news, politics, economics, science, culture, and sustainable development across editions in Spain, the Americas, and in English. Prisa Group describes it as “the top-ranking Spanish-language media outlet,” with more than 451,000 subscribers and more than 400 journalists working from newsrooms in Madrid, Barcelona, Mexico, and Washington.