EFE was founded sixty years ago in 1939 and its first office in Latin Americawas opened in 1965. In 1973, EFE established the formation of the CentralAmerican News Agency with a regional news service.
Now, with it's headquarters in Madrid, Spain, EFE is the world's largestSpanish-language news agency and the fourth largest news agency overall.Its award winning team of correspondents is based in 140 cities in over100 countries spanning five continents.
EFE is owned and operated by Spanish speakers and proposes, as part of itsmission statement, to meet the information needs of Hispanics the world over.
The content of the Spanish News Wire covers politics, economics, finance,sports, entertainment and domestic and international news. Approximately70% of the content is Latin American news, and currently 25% of the contentin the EFE Newswire appears in the newspapers of Latin America.