About Us

Latin weekly, established in 2001, is a comprehensive news media portal website, mainly serving the Latin American area. The website takes English as its main language, meanwhile supplemented by a variety of other languages such as Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, Malay, French, Simplified & Traditional Chinese and Russian, to satisfy the needs of different users. The website is various in content, covering many columns such as game, automobile, fashion, Internet, technology, society, business, education, sports, food, culture, news, finance, hotel, life and entertainment, to provide users with comprehensive information services.

Since its establishment, Latin weekly has been loved by many users for its abundant contents, multilingual advantages and independent & impartial stance. The website is always committed to reporting true & accurate news and ensuring the impartiality of the information to the highest standards. As an independent news cooperative whose members include newspapers and broadcasters in Europe and the United States, it is always adhering to its mission of providing truthful and objective news coverage to global users.

With the continuous development of Internet technology, Latin weekly also makes constant innovations. From delivering news via the Internet in 2001 to partnering with artificial intelligence today, the website is committed to improving the efficiency and quality of news coverage all the time. The website not only focuses on breaking news, but also reports the biggest stories in the world, bringing users a full range of news information.

In the future, Latin weekly will continue to keep independent, accountable to facts, and provide users with faster and more authentic news and information. Meanwhile, the website will also continue to expand its language version to cover more user groups, and strive to become one of the world’s most popular multilingual news portal websites.

Under the environment of media convergence, news production and transmission are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The convergence of traditional and emerging media has broadened the channels of news transmission and enriched the ways of information acquisition, but at the same time it has also brought many new problems and dilemmas.

Information authenticity problem: Under the rapid propagation effect of the network, false information and rumors can spread much faster than real news can be verified, which requires news organizations to strengthen fact-checking to ensure the authenticity of information.

Journalistic stance and bias: With media diversification and personalization, the media of different stances and preferences may report the same event from different angles, and may even exaggerate the facts or selectively report the event; Therefore, the public needs to be able to identify different journalistic stances and potential biases. 

Copyright and intellectual property protection: In this day and age of digitization and networking, the copyright protection of news content becomes an important issue. How to protect copyright and encourage innovation in the new media environment, meanwhile to respect and protect intellectual property rights, has become a problem that journalism needs to solve.

Business model transformation: The business model of traditional journalism is under attack. How to find a sustainable profit model in the new media environment to support the production of high-quality news content is a challenge that news organizations must face.

Influence of technology and algorithms: With the application of algorithmic recommendations, the transmission of news is increasingly dependent on technology, which may result in the phenomenon of information cocooning, limiting the diversity of users’ perspectives. How to balance the application of technology and the diversity of news to avoid the formation of a closed information cycle is a problem that needs attention in media convergence.

Changing role of audience: In the age of new media, the audience is no longer a passive recipient of information; They can participate in the production and transmission of news. This change requires news organizations to rethink their relationship with their audiences and how to adapt to this highly interactive communication environment.

Supervision and self-regulation: Facing the challenges from the new media environment, the government, industry associations and news organizations themselves need to strengthen the supervision and self-regulation of news transmission and formulate appropriate norms and standards to maintain the credibility and healthy order of the journalism.

Many news organizations, including Latin weekly, need to stay true to the mission of  the journalism in this environment, ensure the credibility of information, promote a diverse exchange of viewpoints, and at the same time actively adapt to new technologies and explore new business models to continue to provide high-quality news contents. For the public, what matters most is to maintain critical thinking about news and actively seek out multiple sources of information in order to construct a comprehensive and objective world outlook. 

We founded

On May 23, 2001, Latin weekly was launched. This period coincided with the rapid development of digital media and the rapid spread of global information. Antonio Espinosa, founder of Latin weekly, understands the importance of changing access to information in the region. He witnessed the lack of local news coverage and the lack of information, and felt that users in the region needed more comprehensive and diversified news information. Therefore, after pulling the financial support of the investor Ross, the two people hit it off immediately after a short time of negotiation, and decided to establish Latin weekly, which is committed to building a multilingual news platform for the Latin American region. We hope to break the barriers of language and region, provide high-quality and diversified news content for local users, so that users can better understand the world and expand their horizons. He believes that by providing rich news resources and cross-language news reports, it can promote the exchange and cooperation between Latin America and the rest of the world, and help the development and progress of local society. Antonio's strong conviction and sense of mission drove them to work tirelessly to open up a whole new way of reporting in Latin America.

Timeline

2001-2013: Start-up period with multilingual release

In the early days of Latin weekly, Antonio established the basic framework of the website and quickly launched multi-language versions in English, Spanish, simplified Chinese and Russian. This initiative made Latin weekly one of the first comprehensive news portals in the region to have a multilingual version, immediately attracting a large number of users.

2014-2016: Content enrichment and international integration

As the number of users increased, Latin weekly began to expand to cover games, cars, fashion, technology, society, business and more. At the same time, they have also cooperated with internationally renowned media such as the US Daily News and the UK's Today Times to jointly report major events, expanding the depth and breadth of news coverage.

2017-2019: Technological innovation and user experience improvement

During this period, Latin weekly focused on technological innovation and introduced advanced technologies such as big data to improve the efficiency of news reporting and user experience. The first mobile application launched in the industry, allowing users to browse news content anytime and anywhere, strengthening the interaction and communication between users.

2020 to present: Sustainable development and cross-border cooperation

Latin weekly strengthens cooperation with other media to explore the future of journalism. In 2020, Latin weekly launched an important cross-border cooperation with Asia Daily News to jointly cover a series of major events in Latin America, bringing users more comprehensive and in-depth coverage and analysis. Such cross-border cooperation not only enriches news content, but also brings new possibilities for news dissemination.

Latin weekly will continue to adhere to the principles of independent, objective and impartial journalism, and is committed to providing users with faster and more authentic news and information, and will continue to expand its language versions to cover more users, striving to become one of the most popular multilingual news portals in the world. In the context of media convergence, Latin weekly will actively respond to the challenges, maintain the original intention of journalism, and continue to innovate in order to continue to provide high-quality news content and bring a richer and more diversified news experience to users around the world.

With the development of the new media era, Latin weekly will continue to adapt to the needs of users and technological changes to provide users with more comprehensive and authentic news coverage. At the same time, they will continue to strengthen cooperation with other media, jointly promote the progress of news communication, and bring better quality and more diversified news services to users.