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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 18 September 1979 of El Expreso est. 1979 El Expreso
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Comentarios, John Brotherton , single work column (p. 3)
El tren de los 'curaos', Luis Abarca , single work column

In this instalment of 'Comentarios de un Blady Woggie', Abarca describes a staff meeting at El Expreso held to discuss correspondence from readers. One reader suggested changing the name from 'El Expreso' to 'El Tren de los Curados'. John [Brotherton] doesn't understand what the suggestion implies, until Abarca explains that in Chile there are two weekend night trains, one 'El Expreso' runs for 2,000 kilometres with only three stops. The other 'El Tren de los Curados' stops at every donkey crossing and is filled with drunks. This anecdote leads into an account of the other letters of objection that the paper has received. Two were directed towards the 'Blady Woggie' columns, a third in regards to sports coverage (with the correspondent correcting the details of an altercation between football players), and a fourth raised feminist objections to the content of the 'Women's page'. Another reader objects to the lack of coverage of news from Colombia, saying that the staff are all Uruguayans, Spaniards and Chileans.

(p. 21)
El Carnaval, Alberto Dominguez , single work column
In this column, Alberto 'Pocho' Dominguez writes about the difficulties of coordinating cultural activities among the Spanish-speaking communities. He calls for greater unity and cooperation.
(p. 22)
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