# The Southern Cross

> The Southern Cross is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Argentina. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Non-aligned**.

- **Domain:** thesoutherncross.com.ar
- **Website:** https://thesoutherncross.com.ar
- **Country:** Argentina
- **Region:** Latin America
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Non-aligned
- **Founded:** 1875

## About

The oldest English-language paper in Argentina was founded in 1875 to serve Irish immigrants who came to stay, whose descendants spent five generations becoming indistinguishably Argentine. Its journalism centers the Irish-Argentine community's cultural memory, identity, and faith traditions, with a loyalist register that assumes readers already know why the distinction matters. A niche built for a diaspora that no longer formally exists keeps publishing for the community that replaced it.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Irish-Argentine community organization; historically associated with the Irish Catholic community in Argentina
- **Funding:** Community subscriptions, donations, community organization support
- **Focus areas:** Irish-Argentine community affairs, cultural identity, Catholic community news, Argentine society; historic English-language community newspaper


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-03-18. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.5. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 4 (3 themes).

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