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List of newspapers in Puerto Rico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ6630555 ↗
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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

19th century

20th century

21st century

Diaspora/Exile newspapers

These are defunct papers not published in Puerto Rico for political reasons.

See also

Media of Puerto Rico

List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States

Journalism in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican literature

Notes

References

Bibliography

in English

"List of Newspapers and Periodicals Published in Porto Rico", Register of Porto Rico for 1910, San Juan: Bureau of Supplies, Printing, and Transportation, 1911, p. 286, hdl:2027/nyp.33433057101119

Michael Wright (15 November 1982), "5 Daily Newspapers Vier for Puerto Rico's Readers", New York Times

Mireya Navarro (19 September 1997), "Puerto Rico Newspaper War Puts Editors at Odds", New York Times

in Spanish

"Puerto Rico: San Juan: Periódicos". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.

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