Portuguesa state media dedicated to mainly covering the sources Community, Technology, Health, Cinema (Independent and commercial), Entrepreneurship. One of its two founders, engineer Julio César Sánchez, explains that covering the political source is dangerous due to the presence of armed civilians in this area of ​​the country. “We use news from El Nacional, El Universal, international agencies and we cover press conferences of political parties. However, the dissemination of photos and videos of protests, many times we do not publish them because there are many groups and we avoid taking risks.” Sánchez refers to official demonstrations with little participation, but which are manipulated by the media to appear massive attendance. 2 reporters, 2 Social Communication students, 1 programmer, 1 administrator and 1 designer make up the team. Advertising on social networks, banners and a directory with Google Maps incorporated, allows this web project to be fully financed. El Acarigueño began operations as a commercial guide in 2009 and then became an information medium in 2015 to incorporate the immediacy of the news in the area. Its logo is the “La Espiga Monument”, a representative symbol of the Portuguese State, and it is also one of the tallest monumental sculptures in Venezuela and America. La Espiga dignifies the city of Acarigua as the economic capital of the State, due to the large amount of food that the companies process. This sculpture was designed by the architect Gustavo Legorburu (father) in 1980 and its structural calculation was carried out by the engineer Henrique Arnal. This work was built with the vision of becoming the tallest sculpture in America. The monument resembles a cluster of plants with a 90º rotation in its 40-meter-high development. In fact, the original project of the work includes a “rose or spike” in the upper central slot in the shape of a “V”, which adds 30 meters to the structure, consisting of an architectural design 70 meters high, surpassing the tallest sculptures in America such as: the Virgin of Peace in Trujillo and the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Source: SembraMedia

Last updated date: April 2025

Location:
Acarigua, Venezuela
Year the organization started publishing:
2015
Languages:
Spanish
Type of coverage:
Regional
Area of coverage:
Portuguesa

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Entertainment and culture
Sports
Economy and business
Entrepreneurship
Law and crime
Politics
Society and human rights
Economy and finance
Journalism industry
Education
Lifestyle
Environment
Health and well-being
Gender
Feminism
LGBTIQ+
Religious minorities
DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Refugees
Migration
War crimes and transitional justice
Technology
Journalism genres:
Reviews
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Opinion
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Crowdsourcing
Collaborative journalism
Curated/aggregated content
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Blog
Newsletter
Social media platforms
YouTube
Telegram
WhatsApp

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
7,600
Twitter number of followers:
47,100
Instagram number of followers:
41,100
YouTube number of followers:
1,470

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
3
Founders:
Julio César Sánchez Guevara
Directors:
Julio César Sánchez Guevara

Team

Full-time employees:
3
Part-time employees:
2
Freelancers or consultants:
0
Volunteers:
1

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Advertising
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
National advertising sold by own team
Advertising sold by an external agency
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Content development for NGOs
Website subscriptions
Event ticket sales
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Event ticket sales
The second most important revenue source reported:
Content development for other non-journalistic companies

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Doesn’t publish an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t publish a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Doesn’t publish a complaints policy
Publishes a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy

Why is this profile included?

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