El Otro País is a Paraguayan digital journalistic medium, promoted by the small Simplified Actions Company Ñe’ẽ Raity (a word in Guaraní that means: nest of the word) – Creative Space, based in the city of Atyrá, which chooses to tell stories in the line of solutions journalism. El Otro País was born on April 26, 2022, day of the Paraguayan journalist, as a symbol that another journalism is possible, that journalism that makes visible the efforts and results of communities that are constantly solving many of the country's reality problems. Its founders are: Andrés Colmán Gutiérrez, journalistic director, renowned Paraguayan communicator, writer and screenwriter, with several books published and numerous awards received, who developed his professional career mainly in the newspaper Última Hora of Asunción, as a reporter specialized in investigative and narrative journalism; and Desirée Esquivel, executive director, journalist, photographer, audiovisual producer and cultural manager, ambassador in Paraguay of Sembramedia and community manager of the Pamela Howard Forum on Coverage of Global Crises, of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the International Network of Journalists (IJNet), whose work as part of a team has earned the international ONA Community Award 2021. One of its sources of sustainability is the management of funds by specific projects, which they executed in these almost two years, from: the Avina Foundation, Memetic, Emancipa Paraguay with Internews and Diakonia, which allowed them to develop innovative journalistic projects, amplifying their contents to podcast and comic formats. In addition to this source of sustainability, El Otro País remains in force thanks to the direct sale of products: indigenous crafts from the Pindó community (where the Mbya Guaraní live) in San Cosme and Damián, books and greens from its Agroecological Garden. They also develop comic script and writing workshops; they provide communication consulting services for other organizations; they edit, co-edit (along with Editorial Servilibro) and publish books; and they organize cultural events called Cultural Meriendas.Currently, they have 50 subscribers who support the journalism they do, in exchange they receive benefits such as: free access to the events held by El Otro País, gift books and discounts on all the products that this project offers. They have already received several recognitions from Global Infancia, in 2022, 2023 and 2024, Unicef ​​Paraguay, in 2022 and the Municipality of Atyrá, in the 2023. They are part of the Paraguayan Street Libraries Network and have already sponsored the authorization of 20 throughout the country.

Source: SembraMedia

Last updated date: April 2025

Location:
Atyrá, Paraguay
Year the organization started publishing:
2022
Languages:
Spanish
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Education
Environment
Economy and business
Lifestyle
Health and well-being
Entertainment and culture
Society and human rights
Entrepreneurship
Gender
Ethnic minorities
Journalism genres:
Chronicles and non-fiction
Interviews and reporting
Graphic novels and comics
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Solutions or constructive journalism
Collaborative journalism
Fact-checking
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Messaging service
Social media platforms
Podcast
Print
YouTube
WhatsApp

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
3,415
Twitter number of followers:
995
Instagram number of followers:
3,339
YouTube number of followers:
202

Management and team

Founders

Female:
1
Male:
1
Founders:
Desirée Esquivel Almada, Andrés Colmán Gutiérrez.
Directors:
Desirée Esquivel Almada, Andrés Colmán Gutiérrez.

Team

Full-time employees:
2
Part-time employees:
5
Freelancers or consultants:
10
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Consultancy services
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Grants from private donor organisations
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
Services for clients and other private corporations
Services for nonprofit organisations
Training services for journalists
Training services for other clients
Product development and sales
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Content development for NGOs
Individual donations
Event ticket sales
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Consultancy services
The second most important revenue source reported:
Product development and sales

Transparency

Publishes information about annual revenue
Publishes the names of donors
Doesn’t have an ethics policy / manual
Doesn’t publish an ethics policy / manual
Doesn’t have a data privacy policy
Doesn’t publish a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t publish a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t have a complaints policy
Doesn’t publish a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team

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