El Patria

El Patria (lit. The Homeland) is the leading in Ventora. It is published in the of Plenas where its headquarters and central editing offices are located. It also has offices in a dozen other principle cities in Ventora. Since El Patria is considered the in the country, it has a national circulation. It is published in format to make it easier for commuters to read.

History
Cebrián Branico Tovedra published his first edition of El Patria on October 26, 1877 after he purchased a second-hand press. By 1880, Branico had hired several reporters to gather news stories while he concentrated on the business of publishing the newspaper. The quality of stories resulted in a rapid growth in readership, making it the most popular newspaper in and around Plenas.

Advances in transport enabled the newspaper to expand distribution beyond the environs of Plenas and the duchy of Arava. Copies began selling all along the country's southwest coast.

Circulation
By 1900, El Patria had reached a daily circulation of 238,050. Expanded availability across Ventora's southwest coast region yielded a circulation of 838,014 in 1934. Circulation peaked in 1959 at 1,047,517 daily copies. Since then daily copies sold has fallen to the present level of 713,536 as of 2017.

Content
El Patria's focus is on news stories. It covers national and regional political news in relative depth. It also includes business and financial news in addition to a feature page with stories tending to fall more into the human interest category.

The paper includes several weekly special sections:
 * Monday – business and finance
 * Tuesday – health and fitness
 * Wednesday – science and technology
 * Thursday – youth-oriented stories
 * Friday – culture and fashion
 * Saturday – travel and liesure
 * Sunday – El Patria Semanal magazine with a variety of stories and an opinion section

El Patria Semanal was introduced in 1968 in an effort to retain subscribers. It has some similarities to the larger Crónicas magazine, but El Patria Semanal is less controversial.