El Diario Austral de Los RÃÂos is a Chilean daily newspaper published in Valdivia. The newspaper was founded in 1982 as El Diario Austral de Valdivia by the newspaper group Sociedad PeriodÃÂstica AraucanÃÂa S.A., owned by El Mercurio. It is distributed in the Los RÃÂos Region. Since the Los RÃÂos Region began its functions in 2007, the newspaper has also adopted the El Diario Austral de la Región de Los RÃÂos name.