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El Mundo is the second largest newspaper in Spain, with a circulation of 300,297 copies (2002). It first appeared on October 23, 1989, founded by Alfonso de Salas , Pedro J. Ramírez , Balbino Fraga and Juan González .

It has its seat in Madrid, but different editings are printed in national territories as Andalusia, Valencia, Castile, Leon, Balearic Islands, Bilbao, etc.

El Mundo has been essential in discovering several scandals shocking all of Spain. Among them was the embezzlement of the Guardia Civil commander, Luis Roldán , and the governor of the Central Bank of Spain, Mariano Rubio , who was accused of insider trading and tax fraud. El Mundo also gave publicity to connections between the terrorist Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) and the socialist administration of Felipe González, a news story that contributed to the defeat of the Spanish Socialist Workers' PartyThe Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. It is a social democratic party, a member of the Socialist International. Its strongholds have been the miners and industrial workers of B in the 1996 electionsLegislative elections were held in Spain on March 3, 1996. The Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez of PSOE lost the elections to Partido Popular and their leader Jose Maria Aznar. National summary of votes and seats in the Congress of Deputies Registered voter.

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