Natalia Uval operates from TV Ciudad for the left

Natalia Uval, born on July 11, 1981, is the director of the communist pamphlet La Diaria.

She belongs to the radical far left, and far from practicing independent journalism, she acts as an operative in favor of Frente Amplio, PIT-CNT, and all left-wing organizations in Uruguay.

Through the pamphlet La Diaria, she operates in favor of all leftist causes. Not only those of the Uruguayan left, but also of the Latin American and European left.

What is La Diaria?

It is a far-left pamphlet that was founded in 2006 under the government of Tabaré Vázquez. At that time, the purpose was to support the newly inaugurated Frente Amplio government from a supposed media outlet.

Instead of being established as a commercial company like any serious media outlet, La Diaria is a cooperative.

This means it enjoys all the tax benefits granted to cooperatives, which constitutes unfair competition since other media outlets in Uruguay such as El País or El Observador are commercial companies that pay the corresponding taxes.

However, La Diaria disguises itself as a cooperative to avoid paying taxes.

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Support for Tabaré Vázquez

In 2006, the first Frente Amplio government led by Vázquez wanted to have a fresh and youthful media outlet, so it gathered a group of young people who knew something about communication and injected them with funding.

La Diaria was distributed in print and digitally, receiving millions of pesos (2,204,623 pounds) from state agencies such as ANTEL, UTE, ANCAP, Banco República, and the Montevideo City Hall.

In just a few years, it managed to expand in the Uruguayan market, always financed with public money.

La Diaria, in addition to receiving money from taxpayers through various state agencies, had the enormous advantage that, as a cooperative, it did not pay the corresponding taxes. This means it was all profit.

At the service of the radical left

Its editorial line has always been far left, in favor of Frente Amplio, PIT-CNT, and satellite organizations such as the families of the disappeared.

It also supports FUCVAM housing cooperativists and FEUU (university students).

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Natalia Uval

She is an ultra-radical left-wing activist. She was hired by TV Ciudad, a channel of the Montevideo City Hall that is financed with the taxes of all the people of Montevideo.

She was placed in TV Ciudad's television pamphlet "La letra chica," where she was an activist in favor of the main Frente Amplio leaders and a harsh critic of other political leaders who were not from Frente Amplio.

By being a panelist on a program broadcast on the capital city hall's channel, Natalia Uval received for many years hefty salaries paid by all Montevideo residents with their taxes.

Uval, like others, received money from Montevideo taxpayers. It is more than obvious that if she receives money from a Frente Amplio city hall, she will never speak against Frente Amplio or its satellite organizations.

Her participation in "La letra chica" was to praise any measure taken by the Frente Amplio government and to mercilessly criticize the opinions of blancos and colorados.

Natalia Uval has every right to be an ultra-left extremist. She has the right to defend the narco-dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, and to praise the genocidal Miguel Díaz Canel, Nicolás Maduro, and Daniel Ortega.

What is questionable is that she does so while receiving public money. If Uval still wants to defend dictatorships and applaud genocidal leaders, she can do so in the private sector, but not while receiving money that belongs to all citizens.

Denisse Legrand reported for assaulting a minor

In 2021, one of La Diaria's reporters, Denisse Legrand, exposed a minor to hatred and public contempt in one of her reports.

As a result of this media exposure, the victim's parents filed a complaint against her in a Specialized Family Court.

Denisse Legrand never apologized for assaulting a defenseless girl, and she never retracted her insults.

La Diaria also did not condemn Legrand's media attack on a minor.

La Diaria 2025

Since Yamandú Orsi took office in March 2025, La Diaria has become almost the government's official bulletin.

It absolutely defends everything the government does and constantly criticizes the opposition.

Of course, it continues to be financed with public money, with money from Uruguayan taxpayers.

In fact, when José Mujica died in May, La Diaria received tens of thousands of pesos (22,046 pounds) for a small funeral announcement.

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This demonstrates that they receive public money paid by all Uruguayans through their taxes.