List of newspapers in Puerto Rico


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

List of newspapers

Defunct newspapers

TitleLocaleYear est.Year ceasedNotes
Puerto Rico IlustradoSan Juan19101952 Weekly magazine
Puerto Rico World JournalSan Juan1940
San Juan NewsSan Juan18981905In English and Spanish
El TiempoSan Juan1907
Voz de la PatriaMayaguez19011922
La CorrespondenciaSan Juan18901943Digitized issues via University of Florida.
Diario del OesteMayaguez1909
Diario Económico de Puerto RicoSan Juan1814Founded by Alejandro Ramírez. Issued by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico
Gaceta de Puerto Rico or Gazeta de Puerto RicoSan Juan18061902State-run newspaper; Digitized issues via University of Florida and on the Library of Congress website.
El ImparcialSan Juan19181973
JusticiaSan Juan1913Published by Federación Libre de los Trabajadores de Puerto Rico
El MundoSan Juan19191986Digitized issues via University of Florida.
La Estrella NorteArecibo1983?2015
La Estrella OesteMayagüez1983?2015
Porto Rico ProgressSan Juan1908English-language
Puerto Rico Daily SunSan Juan2008
El Observador PonceñoPonce1852Felipe Conde, owner; Benito Vilardell, editor.
El PonceñoPonce1852 1854 Weekly. Daniel Rivera, founder.
El FénixPonce1855 1860Augusto Pasarell, editor.
El Eco del ComercioPonce18571867Newspaper; Lázaro Martínez, editor.
El MoscardónPonce18651865 Clandestine newspaper
El PropagadorPonce18661866Weekly; Daniel Busquet, editor
El CrepúsculoPonce1866Francisco Vidal, editor.
El AnunciadorPonce1867Free biweekly dedicated to publishing advertisements.
Don CandidoPonce1868 Weekly
El PasatiempoPonce1870Rafael Rodriguez, director.
La AzucenaPonce1870 1877 Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, director Magazine.
La Hoja de AnuncioPonce1870Short-lived newspaper
El Heraldo del TrabajoPonce18701875Daily; Mario Braschi, director
Don Severo CantaclaroPonce18711874 Weekly; Mario Braschi, editor
El Diablillo RojoPonce18731874WeeklyJuan Gerardino Acosta, director
La SemanaPonce1873 Francisco Vidal, founder; was renamed El Pais
El DerechoPonce1873 1873 Roman Baldorioty de Castro, director
La LinternaPonce1873 1874 Weekly. Jose Rosendo Cordero, director
El PaísPonce1873 Francisco Vidal, founder; replaced La Semana
El ArtesanoPonce1874 Weekly; Wistremundo Muñoz, director.
El Avisador PonceñoPonce1874 1875Semiweekly; Ramon Marin, founder; Loreto Montalvo, editor
La Crónica de PoncePonce1875 1881 Weekly; name was later changed to La Crónica. Roman Baldorioty de Castro and Ramon Marin, founders.
La CivilizaciónPonce1876 1893Weekly; Luis R. Velazquez, editor
La LiraPonce1876Monthly
La Juventud LiberalPonce1877 Daily; Mario Braschi and Jose Ramon Adab, editors
El NoticieroPonce1878 Ramon Marin, Mario Braschi, and Jose Ramon Abad, directors
El ContemporáneoPonce1878Daily; Eduardo Neumann Gandía, director.
La AvispaPonce1879Sotero Figueroa, founder.
El Eco de PoncePonce1880 1880 Daily; Sotero Figueroa, director.
La Revista MercantilPonce1881 1882 Luis R. Velazquez, editor
El ComercioPonce1881 Juan F. Torreforte
El Eco del ComercioPonce1881 1881Encyclopedic Weekly; Lázaro Martínez, editor.
El DiapasonPonce1881 1881 Pedro Gabriel Carreras
La CotorraPonce1881 1881 "Periódico crítico literario, commercial y de noticias".
El PuebloPonce1881 1887 Ramon Marin, Mario Braschi, and Jose Ramon Abad, directors
El EstudioPonce1883Biweekly; Manuel Zeno Gandía, director Magazine.
Revista de Puerto RicoPonce1887 Daily; Francisco Cepeda, editor
El PopularPonce1887 Ramon Marin, Mario Braschi, and Jose Ramon Abad, directors.
La DemocraciaPonce1890 1948Digitized issues via University of Florida. Continued by Diario de Puerto Rico 1948 -
La SombraPonce1890Luis Caballer, founder
La Pequeña AntillaPonce1890 Luis Caballer, founder
El PostillónPonce1890Daily. Francisco Gonzalo Marin, director
La LibertadPonce1894Felix Matos Bernier, director
La OpiniónPonce1895 Daily; Manuel Zeno Gandía, director
El TiempoPonce1895 Pedro R. de Diego, director
El Pabellón EspañolPonce1895 1896 Casiano Balbas, director
El Heraldo EspañolPonce1895 1896 Daily; Vicente Balbas y Capo, editor
La BombaPonce1897 Evaristo Izcoa Diaz, director
El Obrero LiberalPonce1898Supported the labor movement.
El Porvenir SocialPonce1898Fernando J. Matias, editor.
La Liga ObreraPonce18981899Fernando J. Matias, editor.
El LoroPonce18981899Humorous newspaper.
La BromaPonce18981899Reappeared in 1900.
El Correo de Puerto RicoPonce18981899Also published in English as "The Porto Rico Mail"; Eugenio Deschamp and Eugenio Astol, founders. First newspaper in the English language.
El FonógrafoPonce18981899Luis R. Velázquez, editor.
El CañonPonce1898José Picó Matos, editor; suspended by mayor Porrata-Doria. Reappeared in 1900.
El AutonomistaPonce1899Jose Llorens Echevarria, director
La Nueva EraPonce1899Jose Llorens Echevarria, director
El CombatePonce1899 Evaristo Izcoa Diaz, director
La Estrella SolitariaPonce19001899Luis Caballer, director; Evening Daily
La RepúblicaPonce1900 Juan Pericas Diaz, director
El Diario de PoncePonce1900 Edelmiro J. Lespier, director
El Amigo del PuebloPonce1900
El Ideal CatólicoPonce1900 P. Janices, director
La Conciencia LibrePonce1900 Official organ of the free-thinkers.
El Buen SentidoPonce1900 Francisco Arjona, director
Fiat LuxPonce1900 Jose A. Casals, director
La PatriaPonce1900 Leonardo A. Ponce de Leon, director
Águila de Puerto RicoPonce1902 1913+A Newspaper of the Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño political party. Manuel V. Domenech, Pedro J. Rosaly, and Ulpiano Colom, founders.
El PorvenirPonce1902Quintín Negrón Sanjurjo, director
El Testigo EvangélicoPonce1905Weekly; Protestant.
El Sastre del CampilloPonce1907Weekly; Luis Rodriguez Cabrero, director
El Diario de Puerto RicoPonce19091911In 1911, its name was changed to El Día; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder
El DíaPonce19111970In 1970, its name was changed to El Nuevo Día; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder
Puerto Rico EvangélicoPonce1912Nondaily; Protestant
La Revista Gráfica del SurPonce19391945Weekly; José A. Lanauze Rolón and Joaquín Gil de La Madrid Padilla, founders.
El Sur a la VistaPonce2009 2012 Regional Online.
El ReporteroPonce19801987
El NacionalistaPonce19231928

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