La Gaceta de México
Spanish newspaper
La Gaceta de México was a Spanish language newspaper published in New Spain. It was first published in 1722 making it the first newspaper to be published in Hispanic America. It was founded by Juan Ignacio María de Castorena Ursúa y Goyeneche, a journalist, Catholic priest, and later Bishop of Yucatan. He was evidently a Jesuit, as he was educated under Jesuit direction in the Colegio Real de San Ildefonso, and the Seminario de la Sagrada Compañía de Jesús de la Corte de México, and had many Jesuit associates. He is considered the first journalist in Latin America for having created the periodical in Mexico City, whose first issue was published on January 1, 1722. He was a friend of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, editing some of her works and defending her right to cultivate writing literature.
History of the Gaceta
In the eighteenth century a new form of periodical publication appeared: the gazette. Its objective was to provide information about Europe, the viceroyalty, arrival and departure of fleets and the publication of banns. The main gazettes were El Mercurio Volante, published by José Ignacio Bartolache, Diario Literario de México (Literary Journal of Mexico), Gaceta de Literatura de México and Asuntos Varios sobre ciencias y artes (Various Matters on Science and Arts), by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez.
The Gazeta de México y noticias de Nueva España - used the "z" in its spelling in respect for the Italian spelling, since Gaceta is a word that derives from that language.
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