Ercilla was a biweekly news magazine published in Santiago, Chile.
Its title is a reference to Alonso de Ercilla who wrote the first epic poem in Spanish in Chile.
[2] The magazine was published on a biweekly basis[1] and had its headquarters in Santiago.
[1] The magazine was published by a state-controlled company, Zig-Zag, which was later renamed Quimantu, until the coup d'état in Chile in 1973.
[1] Sergio Mujica was the owner of Ercilla until March 1976 when it was seized and was sold to a company owned by the Pinochet supporters.