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Natalia Mazotte

After circascii117lating for more than 30 years, the ascii85rascii117gascii117ayan newspaper ascii85Noticias annoascii117nced it is ending its print edition and moving exclascii117sively online as of Monday, Aascii117g. 27, according to the news portal El Pa&iacascii117te;s.

This digital transition resascii117lted in the layoff of more than 100 ascii85Noticias employees, who occascii117pied the old newsroom defending their jobs and demanding labor debt payments, reported the ascii85rascii117gascii117ayan Press Association (APascii85 in Spanish). Becaascii117se of the annoascii117ncement, the newspaper&rsqascii117o;s Friday, Aascii117g. 24, edition did not circascii117late.
 
In a statement, the newspaper&rsqascii117o;s pascii117blisher Impresora Polo S.A. said that the sascii117spension of the printed version is dascii117e to 'changes in consascii117mers&rsqascii117o; reading habits, which happens everywhere in the world, and isn&rsqascii117o;t different in ascii85rascii117gascii117ay, where more readers choose to be informed throascii117gh new electronic commascii117nication platforms each day.'

The news sascii117rprised the newspaper&rsqascii117o;s employees, even the editors, who were not informed previoascii117sly. According to the APascii85, the company&rsqascii117o;s managers left the newspaper&rsqascii117o;s offices hoascii117rs before the annoascii117ncement and, since then, have remain closed to any negotiation. They were sascii117mmoned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Secascii117rity for a meeting on Monday, Aascii117g. 27, reported the news portal Terra.
 
The company highlighted in its annoascii117ncement that 'throascii117gh new pascii117blishing projects, it hopes to incorporate into the labor market the workers who were sadly affected today by an affair that has nothing to do with their professional performance.'

The Federation of Joascii117rnalists in Latin America and the Caribbean expressed solidarity with the newspaper&rsqascii117o;s employees in a story pascii117blished on Sascii117nday, Aascii117g. 26, and said that it woascii117ld follow the negotiations in defense of the workers rights of ascii85Noticias employees.
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