El Telégrafo was founded in 1884 by Juan Murillo Miró, making it Ecuador’s oldest newspaper. Its loud political voice appealed to revolutionists and infuriated the state, resulting in the newspaperman being exiled two years later. Publishing of The Telegraph was resumed in 1896 by journalist José Abel Castillo. While editor, he built this former headquarters building in 1923. The newspaper passed among other owners until seized by Ecuador in 2007. Now owned by the state, El Telégrafo remains one of the most widely read newspapers in the country.