List of newspapers in Puerto Rico

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This is a list of newspapers in Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise indicated, all papers are published in the Spanish language.

Title Locale Year est. Publisher/parent company Notes Caribbean Business San Juan Latin Media House LLC Weekly (island wide). English language. Claridad San Juan 1959 Weekly (island wide). Digitized copies available at Newspaper Digital Library: Digital Library of the Caribbean (Claridad). De Todo Carolina 1979 Regional Es Noticia Ponce 2015 SCC Comunicaciones LLC Regional; Online with a printed biweekly version La Esquina Maunabo Regional El Laurel Sureño Ponce 2010 El Laurel Sureño, Inc. Regional News Is My Business 2010 (Nov) News Is My Business Online. English language. NotiCel San Juan 2011 O2 Comunicaciones Inc Online Noticias Sur P. R. Ponce 2010 (September) Noticias Sur PR LLC Online El Nuevo Día Guaynabo 1970 La Opinión del Sur Ponce 2001 Periódico El Oriental, Inc. Regional La Perla del Sur Ponce 1982 (3–7 Nov) La Perla del Sur, Inc. Regional. Omar Alfonso, editor. Print copies are available at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico Library (Unknown holdings) Presencia Carolina Regional Primera Hora Guaynabo 1997 Daily (island wide); Print copies are available at Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) Tribunal del Pueblo Gurabo 2018 Online El Vocero San Juan Voces del Sur Ponce 2010 Nexo Comunicaciones Inc. Regional El Sol de Puerto Rico Ponce 2012 Periódico El Sol de Puerto Rico Regional

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Availability NotesGaceta de Puerto Rico San Juan 1806 1902 Digitized issues available at Newspaper Digital Library: Digital Library of the Caribbean (Gazeta ('sic') de Puerto Rico). and on the Library of Congress website. Digitized issues also available at Colección Puertorriqueña. Official organ of the Government of Puerto Rico. Diario Económico de Puerto Rico San Juan 1814 Ponce 1852 (Jul 10) 1854 (Jul 22) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.3 (Jul 1852) to v.3, no.108 (Jul 1854)). A weekly publication. El Observador Ponceño Ponce 1852 Enciclopedia Puerto Rico calls this "Ponce's first newspaper (See, Newspapers, 19th Century. Grupo Editorial EPRL. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed 18 August 2019.) However, Emilio Pasarell notes that, though the start of the paper was announced in La Gaceta de Puerto Rico, he doubts it was ever published due to the government's suppression of the press at the time. (See, Emilio J. Pasarell, Notas Bibliográficas Acerca de los Periódicos de Ponce. El Mundo (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Year XVII. Issue 6,153. 18 August 1935. pp. 2, 4, 12. Item 1.) Most historians agree that El Ponceño was the first paper published in Ponce. 1855 (Jul 7) Benito Vilardell, editor. Augusto Pasarell, editor. El Eco del Comercio: semanario enciclopédico Ponce 1861 (Jun) Encyclopedic Weekly; Lázaro Martínez, editor. 1861 Ponce 1865 (Oct c.) 1865 (Nov 4) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.1 n.2 (Nov 1865) to v.1 n.21 (Mar 1867)). Clandestine newspaper. Francisco Vidal, editor. Ponce 1866 (Aug 8) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.8 (Sep 1866) to v.1, no.27 (Nov 1867)); and Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.30 (Feb 1867) to v.1, no.42 (Apr 1867)). Francisco Vidal, editor. 1867 (Jul) Free biweekly dedicated to publishing advertisements. Ponce 1870 (20 Nov) 1877 (31 Aug) Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, director El Pasatiempo Ponce 1870 Rafael Rodríguez, director. Ponce 1870 Ponce 1870 Ponce 1871 1874 (Feb) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.1, no.2 (Apr 1873) to v.1, no.15 (Jul 1873)). 1872 (May) Weekly
Ponce 1873 (Apr 22) 1873 (Oct 22) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.1, no.2 (Apr 1873) to v.1, no.37 (Oct 1872 [sic, "1873"?])). La Linterna Ponce 1873 (Oct) Ponce 1873 1874 1874 (Jan 4) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v1. n.2 (Jan 1874) to v.1, n.4 (Jan 1874[Sic])). Ponce Ponce 1874 (May 21) Published on Thursdays. Ramón Marín, founder; Loreto Montalvo, editor 1875 (Feb 7) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.1 (7 February 1875)). Francisco Vidal, (hijo) founder; was renamed El País El País: periódico político, literario, mercantil y de anuncios La Crónica de Ponce: periódico político, literario, de noticias e intereses materiales, comerciales y de anuncios 1875 (May) 1881 (Oct) Print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.50 (Apr 1876) to v.5, no.112 (Apr 1980 [sic, "1890"?]). Weekly; name was later changed to La Crónica. Ponce 1876 (Apr) 1893 Weekly; 1876 Print copies are available UPR JML Library (v.2, no.15 (Aug 1878) to v.2, no.42 (Feb 1878 [sic])). Ponce 1877 (c.) 1887 Daily; Mario Braschi and Jose Ramon Adab, editors El Contemporáneo Ponce 1878 Daily; Eduardo Neumann Gandía, director. 1879 (Jan 16) Ponce 1880 (Jul) 1887 (Oct 6) Ramón Marín, Mario Braschi, and Jose Ramon Abad, directors 1882 (Jun 15) Antonio M. Molina, editor director. El Agricultor Ponce 1882 La Civilización: periódico liberal Apparently a daily 1883 (May 1) Year 1, Issue 14 (16 Dec 1883) available at La Colección Puertorriqueña here. Also, print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.14 (Nov 1883) to v.2, no. 21 (Nov. 1893)). Ponce 1884 (Oct 1) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.1 n.5 (Feb 1885)). Virgilio Biaggi, director El Avisador Ponceño: periódico de anuncios, noticias y literatura 1884 (Oct 8) 1884 (Jan)) 1885 1883 (Apr) 1886 1887 (Jun 15) 1894 ("end of") Daily; Francisco Cepeda, editor. Ponce 1888 1894 1889 Ponce 1890 (Jul 1) 1948 Digitized issues available at Newspaper Digital Library: Digital Library of the Caribbean (La Democracia) Published in Ponce from 1 July 1890 to 19 September 1900, then in Caguas where it published its first issue on 23 October 1900 and published until 1902, then in San Juan where it published its first issue on 1 June 1904.; Continued by Diario de Puerto Rico 1948 El Porvenir Ponce 1890 (Jul) Ponce This paper was the successor of El Popular (1887–1889). 1890 Luis R. Velazquez, director El Cronista Ponce 1890 Ramón Marín, director El Postillón Ponce 1891 (Apr 23) 1891 (Aug) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (4 Jul 1891)). 1891 (Jul 20) Conservative weekly. Luis Caballer, director. La Sombra Ponce 1891 (Jul 22) Luis Caballer, founder. El País Triweekly; Luis R. Velázquez, director. 1892 (Feb 1) Farmacia Arrillaga, editors La Revista Mercantil: defensor de los intereses generales del país Ponce 1897(c.) Ponce 1892 (May 1) Print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (no.1 (May 1892)). Daily, except Tuesdays; Ramón Marín, director. El Estudio Ponce 1892 (May 2) 1893 (December) Spiritualist free thinkers Weekly; Jose Morin Fernandez, founder. El Noticiero: periódico politico, independiente, regionalista y de información universal. Ponce 1892 (May) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.6, no.775 (16 Jul 1897)); Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.44 (Oct 1892) to v.3, no.397 (Jan 1895)). This paper was the successor of El Diario de Ponce; was a tri weekly Ramón Marín, Mario Braschi, and Jose Ramon Abad, directors 1892 (Aug 9) Leonardo A. Ponce de Leon, director Suspended for financial reasons in September 1892. La Revista Obrera Ponce 1892 (Sept) 1895 Ramon Morel Campos, founder. 1893 (Oct) 1895 Ramon Moral Campos, founder. Ponce 1894 (Feb 18) 1897 (Jun 28) Felix Matos Bernier, director 1894 (Jun) 1894 (Nov 16) Daily; Ramon Morel Campos, founder El Independiente: Semanario dominical Ponce 1894 (Jul) 1894 (Sep) 1894 Isaac Irizarry Sasport, director. La Razón Ponce 1895 (Jan 5) 1895 (Apr) A paper for children; Short lived, reappeared in Sept 1985, then again in May 1896. El Infantil Ponce 1895 (Jan) 1895 (Apr) La Bomba: órgano del pueblo This paper was published in three "epochs": First epoch, 7 Feb to 3 May 1895; Second epoch, 22 September to 18 October 1898; Third epoch, 1 January 1899; triweekly. A paper for children; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso, director. Was shutdown by the city mayor. El Cautivo Ponce 1895 (Apr 23) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.1 n.1 (Apr 1895) to v.1, no.18 (Jun 1895)) and Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, n.2 (Apr [Sic] 1895). Francisco E. Montañez, director. El Propio Esfuerzo Ponce 1895 (May 9) Autonomist triweekly. El Centinela Ponce 1895 (Sep) Ponce 1895 (Nov 23) Luis Caballer, founder. Triweekly. La Nueva Idea Ponce 1895 (Dec 15) Literary Sunday paper. El Tiempo 1896 (c.) 1896 (May) Children's paper; ceased publishing then reappeared in August 1896. 1896 (Oct 1) Eugenio Deschamps, director. 1896 (Dec 16) 1896 (Dec 16) 1896 El Chisme Ponce 1897 (Feb) 1897 1897 (May) 1897 (Aug) Humorous satirical weekly. Ponce 1898 (Jan 5) Jose Llorens Echevarria, director; political daily; Organ of the Union Liberal Autonomista. El Domingo Alegre: castigat ridendo mores Ponce 1898 (Mar) Print copies are available at the UPR JML Library (v.2 n.63 (April 1898)). Weekly; was first published in Mayaguez in December 1896, lasting a short time. Then reappeared in Ponce in March 1898. La Estrella Solitaria: diario de la tarde La Nueva Era: diario de la tarde Ponce 1898 (Jul 30) Print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.90 (Nov 1898) to v.2, no.449 (Apr 1900)). Jose Llorens Echevarria, director El Correo de Puerto Rico: periódico de intereses generales, literatura, ciencias, anuncios y de información universal Ponce 1898 (Aug 1) Ponce 1898 (Aug) Reappeared in April 1899 and, after a few weeks, it was renamed La Liga Obrera. La Bomba 1898 (Nov 2) 1898 (Dec 16) 1899 1898 (Dec 28) 1898 (Dec) 1899 1898 (Dec) Fernando J. Matias, editor. Ponce 1898 1898 1899 (Jan 18) 1899 (Feb) Canta Claro: diario político independiente, satírico y humorístico. Ponce 1899 (Feb 1) Independent political daily. 1899 (Feb 4) El Album Ponce 1899 (Feb 18) El Combate: periódico puertorriqueño para el pueblo puertorriqueño 1899 (Feb 25) This paper was a re branding of the third epoch of "La Bomba" (founded 1 January 1899). Its 4th epoch started on 22 May 1899 and was still publishing in May 1900. Apparently a daily. Frégoli Ponce 1899 (Mar 5) Suspended publishing and then reappeared in December 1901. 1899 (Mar 21) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.10 (Apr 1899) to v.1, no.56 (May 1899)) and Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.15 (Apr 1899) to v.1, no.25 (Apr 1899)). Leonardo A. Ponce de Leon, director Ponce 1899 (Apr) 1899 (Jul) Guillermo Atiles Garcia, director. 1899 (Aug 20) Tomas Carrion Maduro, director. El Ideal Católico 1899 (Aug) Print copies are available UPR JML Library (v.1, no.1 (Aug 1899) to v.18, no.1108 (Mar 1915)). 1899 (Sep) Carlos del Toro, director El Ciclón Ponce 1899 (Sep) Tomas Carrion Maduro, director. Ponce 1899 (Oct) La Vanguardia: Diario politico republicano Ponce 1899 (Oct 29) 1900 Lasted until 1900, but reappeared for a short time in 1901. 1899 (Dec)

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Availability Notes El Amigo del Pueblo: periódico bisemanal Ponce 1900 (Jan 1) Guillermo Atiles Garcia, director. Ponce 1900 (Jan 25) Ponce 1900 (Apr 20) El Eco de la Marina Ponce 1900 (May 1) Ponce 1900 (May 8) Daily. Juan Braschi, director. 1900 (May c.) La Opinión: diario politico Ponce 1900 (Jun 12) Print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.2, no.236 (May 1901)). Daily; Ponce 1900 (Jun 19) 1900 (Jun) La Campaña: Diario republicano de la tarde Ponce 1900 (Jul 11) Ponce 1900 (Aug 4) El Diario de Ponce: periódico politico, de intereses generales, información, y anuncios. (1900) Ponce 1900 (Dec 1) Daily. Edelmiro J. Lespier, founder El Postillón Ponce 1900 (c.) 1901 (Jan) 1901 (Feb 1) 1902 (c.) 1901 (Mar) Ponce 1901 (Apr 15) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.49 (Aug 1901) to v.1, no.52 (Aug 1901)). Republican triweekly; published from 15 April 1901, but disappeared in July then reappeared and was published until October 1901. 1901 (Apr 24) 1901 (May 17) Ponce 1901 (Jul) 1901 (Aug 25) Political satire weekly. Ponce 1901 (Sep 2) Ponce 1901 (Nov 16) El Águila de Puerto Rico 1902 (Jan 8) 1934 (Mar) Microfilm copies are available at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Adelina Coppin Alvarado Library (8 January 1902 to 3 July 1931)). Manuel V. Domenech, Pedro J. Rosaly, and Ulpiano Colom, founders. 1902 (Feb 3) Ponce 1902 (Mar) El Republicano puro: órgano del comité local de Ponce Ponce 1903 (Sep) Ponce 1903 La República: por la union y para la union 1904 (May 1) Ponce 1904 (May 1) El Doble Cero Ponce 1904 (Aug) Puerto Rico Ponce 1904 (Oct 3) Ponce 1904 (Dec 12) Ponce 1904 (Dec) Ponce 1904 (c.) 1905 (Jan) Weekly; Protestant. 1905 (Jun 2) 1905 (c.) Republican political daily; Ignacio Martinez, director. 1906 (Jan 1) 1906 Ponce 1907 (Jul 30) Tri weekly. Enrique Santiago, director. La Voz del Pueblo Ponce 1907 (Nov 4) Ponce 1908 (Nov 5) 1908 (c.) 1909 (Sep 19) 1909 (Dec 13) 1911 (Apr 28) and Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) Its name was changed to El Día on 28 April 1911; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder Ponce 1910 1910 (Jan 15) 1910 (Apr) Frégoli Ponce 1911 (Feb 9) 1916 Ponce 1911 (May 2) Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) This paper was the successor of El Diario de Puerto Rico (1909–1911); Eugenio Astol, director; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso become its director in 1928. In 1970, its name was changed to El Nuevo Día; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder Ponce 1911 (Oct 14) Ponce 1911 (Nov) 1912 (Apr) 1912 (May 30) Daily. Ponce 1912 (Jul 10) 1912 (Nov 1) 1912 (Dec 12) Ponce 1912 (c.) Ponce 1913 (Jun 7) Print copies are available at the Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1 n.1 (June 1913)). Ponce 1913 (Sep) 1913 (Dec) Ponce 1913 Julio Fiol Negron, director. Ponce 1913 (c.) Ponce 1914 (Jan) 1914 (Jun 19) Ponce 1914 (Jun) Ponce 1914 Ponce 1914 1914 (c.) 1915 (Jan) Ponce 1915 (Nov) Ponce 1915 (Dec 15) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (Unknown holdings) and UPRP (1936 to 1938). Ponce 1916 (Jun) Guillermo Salazar, editor; organ of the Liga Progresista. 1916 (Nov 4) 1916 Ponce 1916 (c.) 1918 (Jan 16) Ponce 1918 (Feb 8) Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.1 (Feb 1918) to v.1, no.26 (Feb 1919)). Daily La Aurora Ponce 1918 (May) Ponce 1918 (Aug 24) Socialist weekly; Moises Echevarria, director. Digitized copies available at Colección Puertorriqueña. Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.1 (Nov 1918) to v.1, no.20 (Mar 1979)); Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.4, no.18 (Nov 1935) to v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Mar 1937)); Carnegie Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Jan 1964) to v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Nov 1973)); Biblioteca General de Puerto Rico (v.7, no.29 (Feb 1893) to v.18, no.7,014 (Nov 1950)); Biblioteca Legislativa (v.21, no.8,087 (Jan 1954) to v.38, no. 14,110 (Oct 1972)); Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Biblioteca Encarnación Valdes (v.17, no.6,528 (Jul 1949) to v. 38, no. 14,368 (Oct 1973)); UPR RUM Library (v.18, no.95 (Apr 1935) to v.38, no.14,210 (Feb 1973)); Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Dic 1935) to v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Sept 1956)), La Revista Moderna Ponce 1918 Elpidio de Mier, director. El Clamor de Ponce Ponce 1918 1920 Francisco R. Vizcarrondo, director. and at Colección Puertorriqueña. Print copies are available at UPR JML Library (v.1, no.1 (Feb 1919)); Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.3, no.717 (Jun 1921) to v.24, no.9,452 (Oct 1942)); Archivo Histórico Municipal de San German (v.1, no.3,521 (Oct 1929) to v.33, no.14, 786 (Aug 1952)); Carnegie Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Jan 1919)); Biblioteca General de Puerto Rico (v.6, no.1,812 (Dec 1924) to v.45, no.16,026 (Nov 1962)); Biblioteca Legislativa (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Jan 1960) to v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Dec 1984)); Universidad Central de Bayamón Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Sept 1944)); Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Biblioteca Encarnación Valdes (v.55, no.73 (May 1974)); University of Puerto Rico at Cayey Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Unknown month 1919)); University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón Library (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Mar 1919) to v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Unknown month 1970)); UPR RUM Library (v.1, no.1 (Feb 1919)); Universidad del Sagrado Corazon (v. Unknown, no. Unknown (Jan 1925)); Universidad del Turabo (v.28, no.10,455 (Jan 1946)) and Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) El Cirujano Menor Ponce 1920 (Apr) 1920 (Aug 15) 1922 (Aug 1) 1920 (c.) 1922 (Feb 15) 1924 (c.) 1922 (Aug 15) 1923 (Apr 15) El Dependiente Ponce 1923 (Aug) El Nacionalista de Ponce 1923 (c.) El Hípico de Ponce Ponce 1924 (c.) 1925 (Aug 13) 1969 (c.) Print copies are available at Archivo General de Puerto Rico (v.1, no.17 (Sep 1925) to v.4, no.727 (Mar 1929)). Daily. Moises Echevarria, director. Ponce 1926 (Dec 17) E. Ramos Antonini and Joaquin Tellechea, editors. 1926 (c.) 1926 (c.) Ponce 1927 (c.) Eugenio Lecompte, director. Ariel Ponce 1928 (c.) Ponce 1929 (Jan) 1929 (Mar 1) 1929 (c.) 1930 (Aug 1) Ponce 1930 1930 1930 (c.) Ponce 1930 (c.) Ponce 1930 (c.) 1931 (Jan 24) Ponce 1931 (Aug 6) Ponce 1931 (Sep 1) Ponce 1931 (Oct) 1932 (Sept) 1932 (Oct 9) Ponce 1933 (Feb 4) Ernesto Santana, director; impartial weekly. El Derecho 1933 (Apr) Ponce 1933 (Jun) 1933 (Aug) 1933 (Dec 18) Ponce 1934 (Jan) La Opinión: periódico politico informativo Ponce 1934 (Apr 14) Ponce 1934 (Apr) 1934 (May 7) Ponce 1934 (Jun 9) 1934 (Aug 9) Ponce 1934 (Oct 1) 1934 (Nov 10) Ponce 1934 (c.) Ponce 1935 (Dec) 1945 Weekly; Ponce 1941 (c.) Prensa libre: semanario de combate e intercambio intelectual panamericano Ponce 1944 (Sep) Weekly El Universal San Juan 1947 (c.) 1948 Digitized copies available at Colección Puertorriqueña. San Juan Star San Juan 1959 2008 Printed copies are available at Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) Daily (island wide). Published 5 days a week; English language. Entre Nosotros: órgano intergrupal de los cursos del Profesor Carlos Mendez Santos 1972 (c.) El País: primer periódico social, cívico, cultural y deportivo de Puerto Rico Ponce 1977 (May 1) La Estrella del Sur San Juan 1978 (Oct) 1980 (Aug) Print copies are available at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico Library (Unknown holdings). Print copies are available at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico Library (7 nov 1979 on). El Reportero: diario independiente de la tarde San Juan 1980 1987 Digitized copies available at Coleccion Puertorriqueña. Printed copies are availbale at Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) La Estrella Norte Arecibo 1983 (c.) 2015 La Estrella Oeste Mayagüez 1983 (c.) 2015 Ponce 1984 (Sep c.) Print copies are available at the UCPR, Biblioteca Encarnación Valdez (v.1 n.2 (Sept 1984)). Ponce 1985 (c.) Weekly Ponce 1986 (Apr) Ponce 1986 (c.) and 1–15 April 1986. San Juan 1998 (2 Feb) 2008 (29 Aug) Print copies are available at Archivo Histórico Municipal de Ponce (entire printed collection) Daily. This paper was the Ponce edition of The San Juan Star was had island wide circulation.

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Availability Notes Puerto Rico Daily Sun San Juan 2008 El Sur a la Vista Ponce 2009 (Oct) 2012 (Jan c.) Regional Online.

These are defunct papers not published in Puerto Rico for political reasons. Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Notes Boletín de la Revolución New York c. 1869 c. 1869 Digitized copies available at Coleccion Puertorriqueña

El periodismo puertorriqueño desde su aparición hasta los comienzos del siglo XX. José S. Alegría. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1960.