Diario El Salvador

What is Diario El Salvador?

Diario El Salvador is a daily newspaper published in El Salvador, online at diarioelsalvador.com. Its sections are named with the prefix “De”: DePaís, DePalabra, DeDinero, DeComercio, DePlaneta, DeInnovación, DeCultura, DeVida, DeDiversión and DeDeportes.^[1]

Ownership, as a monitor reports it. Reporters Without Borders, in its 2026 entry for El Salvador, states: “Using public funds, the executive branch under President Nayib Bukele runs media outlets such as the daily newspaper El Salvador and the Noticiero El Salvador news programme on Canal 10, dedicated to disseminating official messaging.”^[4] That is RSF's statement. The outlet's own pages that were read name no owner or publishing company, and no company filing or register entry was retrieved.^[3]

Its own description. Its Acerca de nosotros page states that it “surge como una propuesta informativa seria, compleja y novedosa, donde le daremos voz a los que han estado excluidos de la narrativa del resto de medios de comunicación”. The page says that street-sales revenue goes to vendors and distributors, and that it seeks advertising from companies and from micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.^[3] Its home page links a digital edition under “Especiales”, at diarioelsalvador.com/epaper.^[1]

What does Diario El Salvador cover?

Sport is published in its DeDeportes section, on the path diarioelsalvador.com/dedeportes.^[2] As retrieved on 26 September 2026, the home page's latest DeDeportes items covered a fencing World Cup event, the weather forecast for the national team's match, the second date of a national indoor rowing championship, and the French and Italian national football teams.^[1]

Other sports. Under Rafael Cárcamo's name it reported, in an item dated 26 September 2026, on the Copa del Mundo de Espada Cadetes y Juveniles being held in El Salvador. The item opens: “Los esgrimistas de Canadá y Estados Unidos tuvieron una brillante actuación jueves y viernes en la Copa del Mundo de Espada Cadetes y Juveniles, que se desarrolla en la Cuna del Mágico, al agenciarse los primeros lugares del evento Espada Juvenil Mujeres y Cadete Espada Mujeres y Hombres.” It reported that seven Salvadoran women fencers “no lograron superar la fase de grupo”.^[6] Under the same byline it reported on 25 September that the Federación Salvadoreña de Remo expected about 50 athletes at the second date of its national indoor rowing championship, at the Parque Cuscatlán in San Salvador on Saturday 26 September, over 2,000, 1,000 and 500 metres.^[7]

On 24 September 2026 it published, under Franklin Ponce's name, a preview of El Salvador's opening match in the Concacaf Nations League, which begins: “El Salvador recibirá este viernes a Martinica en el estadio Mágico González, en el arranque de la Concacaf Nations League, un duelo que llega precedido de un historial parejo entre ambas selecciones.”^[2] The article counts five previous meetings between the two teams, from the 2003 Gold Cup to March 2026; those figures are the newspaper's own.^[2]

Its coverage on those dates ran across football, fencing and rowing.^[1][2]

How large is Diario El Salvador's audience?

No audited circulation, readership or web-traffic figure for Diario El Salvador was retrieved, and no press audience-measurement body for El Salvador was found. That is a limit of the evidence.

The outlet's own Acerca de nosotros page gives no circulation or audience figure.^[3] Reporters Without Borders' 2026 entry mentions it by name, in the passage on outlets run by the executive branch quoted above, and gives no audience figure for it.^[4]

Since when has Diario El Salvador existed?

The outlet's own Acerca de nosotros page gives no founding date, and no founding date from another source was retrieved.^[3] Its footer carries the line “© 2026 Diario El Salvador · Todos los derechos reservados” and the statement “Somos un medio de comunicación formado por profesionales comprometidos con llevar la verdad a nuestras audiencias. Venimos a hacer historia en El Salvador.”^[1]

The dated items retrieved run to 26 September 2026.^[1]

Why does Diario El Salvador matter in El Salvador's sport?

The Comité Olímpico de El Salvador lists Diario El Salvador on its home page among its media partners, with Canal 12, Radio Corporación FM and Grupo Publimóvil.^[5] That is the committee's listing; no partnership agreement was retrieved.

Reporters Without Borders' 2026 entry, which ranks El Salvador 143rd of 180 countries with a score of 38.88, describes it as one of the media outlets run by the executive branch.^[4] Its DeDeportes section was publishing on 26 September 2026 on football and on other sports, including a fencing World Cup event held in the country and a national rowing championship.^[1][6][7]