 It initially bore the name "Diario del Pueblo" (the people's newspaper), and was created by Víctor Simone D´Lima, “Kotepa” Delgado, Vaughan Salas Lozada and Pedro Beroes.Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala acquired the majority of the shares in 1948.He was the president of "La Cadena Capriles", until his death in 1996.