Newspapers currently being filmed

Bolivia

El Diario (La Paz) [preserving 1904-1917]

One of Bolivia's oldest currently running newspapers, founded in 1904 by the Carrascos, a prominent El Paz family. Historically, El Diario echoed the conservative philosophy of the founding family, which is reflective of the changing politics in the country following the War of the Pacific.

The Center for Research Libraries began filming this title in 1956 as part of the Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project and continues to film current issues to this day. However, the years before 1944 have not been preserved. The University of Connecticut holds a significant early collection of the title, as well as an earlier incarnation published in 1883-1884.

Chile

La Gaceta Comercial (Valparaiso) [preserving 1929-1930]

Published in Valparaiso three times a week as a publication for the commercial goods market. The paper is full of data on imports ansd exports, dates of shipments, costs of goods, and laws and regulations passed in Chile that affected the commercial sector. Published on low-cost paper stock, the newspaper is extremely fragile.

The Biblioteca Nacional de Chile has only portions of the title available in its collection. This preservation effort will help complete the run that the BN has on film.

Ecuador

Universo (Guayaquil) [preserving 1951-1961]

El Universo was founded in 1921, during a time of tension between the press and the government of José Luis Jaramillo. It emerged as one of the major titles published in Guayaquil. The title followed a "center-liberal course" which drew political fire and caused Junta Militar to suspend its operations in 1965. At the time, articles by columnist Alejandro ('Juan Sin Cielo') Carrión provided valuable commentary on Ecuadorian politics. El Universo of present enjoys one of the highest circulation figures of any paper in Ecuador.

This large daily has been filmed in parts, including April 1941-1950 and 1962-1997 by the Library of Congress. Holdings from 1938 - March, 1941 and from 1951-1961 will help complete the run of this title through the bulk of its long run.

El Salvador

La Tribuna / Tribuna Libre (San Salvador) [preserving 1945-1957]

The period from 1931-1991 in the Salvadoran press was marked by several stages of difficulties, with varying measures of liberalization and (usually longer) periods of restriction. On June 26, 1944, after the fall of General Maximiliano Hernández, La Tribuna appeared as a successor to Diario Nuevo (1933-1944). The title published under this name until the "Revolution of 1948," and quickly reappeared as Tribuna Libre in 1949, closely aligned with the government. The paper enjoyed a significant share of the market through the 1960's and 1970's. The reformist coup in 1979 did much to destabilize the country, and the press along with it as journalists and editors were frequent targets of assassination. Tribuna Libre ceased publication in 1980.

The Biblioteca Nacional in San Salvador only holds this title in print for 1944-1953. No microfilm has been found

Peru

Hoguera (Lima) [preserving 1945-1947]

In the 1930's, the number of newspapers published in Peru declined due to the global financial crisis and the influence of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) and Sánchez Cerro. Hoguera was founded in 1945 as a political weekly. In an era of ongoing retrenchment of press freedom, the publication was suspended for a little over a year by APRA from 1947-1948, and shut down in 1950 under President Manuel A. Odría.

Mercurio Peruano (Lima) [preserving1827-1834]

This publication was launched on July 24, 1827, and is considered the first great newspaper of the post-independence period. Felipe Pardo Aliaga, one of the best exemplars of Peruvian classicism in the independence era, was the principal writer.

Telégrafo de Lima (Lima) [preserving 1827-1839]

El Telégrafo de Lima was founded in 1827 by Javier Luna Pizarrro. This title, a lesser publication than Mercurio Peruano but important for its oppositionist viewpoints, serves as a useful counterpoint and an example of the growing influence of the press on social and political perspectives of the era.

Uruguay

Época (Montevideo) [preserving 1962-1967]

Época was a left-leaning newspaper founded in 1962, and editied for two years by Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers, storytellers, journalists, and historians. The paper came under fire with the ascension of Jorge Pacheco Areco, a little-known politician and former director of the newspaper El Día. Within one week of taking office, Pacheco issued a decree banning many leftist groups and their press, which he accused of subverting the constitutional order and advocating armed struggle.