Bloque De Armas is a Venezuelan media company.
[1] In 1965 De Armas expanded into the United States, building a large collection of magazine titles, with Spanish-language versions of Hearst Corporation titles, and acquiring Cuban fashion magazine Vanidades in 1967 and Colombian publishing company Editorial América Colombia in 1970.
De Armas sold Hispanic Magazine Network, U.S.A. to Grupo Anaya in 1989.
In 1994 the Bloque Dearmas decided to sell its Colombian subsidiary Editorial América Dearmas Colombia to the Mexican media company Televisa, which renamed it Editorial Televisa Colombia.
The Meridiano de Oro award - also called the «Venezuelan Oscar» - was an award granted by the Bloque De Armas in recognition of the excellence of the professionals in the Entertainment, including journalists, announcers, actors, theater groups and television channels; it was widely considered the highest honor of its style in the country.