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diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
index 1abe2c22f8..2817ec8c02 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ recipe_modules = ['recipe_' + r for r in (
            'la_republica', 'physics_today', 'chicago_tribune', 'e_novine',
            'al_jazeera', 'winsupersite', 'borba', 'courrierinternational',
            'lamujerdemivida', 'soldiers', 'theonion', 'news_times',
+           'el_universal',
           )]
 
 import re, imp, inspect, time, os
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_el_universal.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_el_universal.py
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+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_el_universal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+'''
+eluniversal.com.mx
+'''
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class ElUniversal(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title                 = 'El Universal'
+    __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
+    description           = 'News from Mexico'
+    oldest_article        = 1
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    publisher             = 'El Universal'
+    category              = 'news, politics, Mexico'    
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+    encoding              = 'cp1252'
+    remove_javascript     = True
+    language              = _('Spanish')
+    
+    html2lrf_options = [
+                          '--comment', description
+                        , '--category', category
+                        , '--publisher', publisher
+                        , '--ignore-tables'
+                        ]
+    
+    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\nlinearize_tables=True' 
+
+    remove_tags = [dict(name='link')]
+                            
+    feeds = [ 
+              (u'Minuto por Minuto', u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/universalmxm.xml' )
+             ,(u'Mundo'            , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/mundo.xml'        )
+             ,(u'Mexico'           , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/mexico.xml'       )
+             ,(u'Estados'          , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/estados.xml'      )
+             ,(u'Finanzas'         , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/finanzas.xml'     )
+             ,(u'Deportes'         , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/deportes.xml'     )
+             ,(u'Espectaculos'     , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/espectaculos.xml' )
+             ,(u'Cultura'          , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/cultura.xml'      )
+             ,(u'Ciencia'          , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/ciencia.xml'      )
+             ,(u'Computacion'      , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/computo.xml'      )
+             ,(u'Sociedad'         , u'http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/rss/sociedad.xml'     )
+            ]
+            
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        return url.replace('/notas/','/notas/vi_')
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        mtag = '<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="es-MX"/><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">'
+        soup.head.insert(0,mtag)
+        for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
+            del item['style']
+        for item in soup.findAll(font=True):
+            del item['font']
+        for item in soup.findAll(face=True):
+            del item['face']
+        for item in soup.findAll(helvetica=True):
+            del item['helvetica']
+        return soup
+