El Nacional is a Venezuelan publishing company under the name C.A. Editorial El Nacional, most widely known for its El Nacional newspaper and website. It, along with Últimas Noticias and El Universal, are the most widely read and circulated daily national newspapers in the country. In 2010, it had an average of 83,000 papers distributed daily and 170,000 copies on weekends. It has been called Venezuela's newspaper of record.
Front page of the newspaper the day after the success of the "No" vote in the 2007 Venezuelan constitutional referendum.
The former El Nacional building, which was seized to compensate Diosdado Cabello following a ruling by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice
El Universal is a major Venezuelan newspaper, headquartered in Caracas. El Universal is part of the Latin American Newspaper Association, an organization of leading newspapers in Latin America. Its main rival is El Nacional. The newspaper does not disclose circulation figures.
El Universal Building, Caracas