Puerto Rico Newspaper

The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]

Puerto Rico OBS Study
Several press representatives visited the R/V Isla Magueyez prior to leaving port and were briefed by Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade , Director of the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, and Uri ten Brink about the goals of the cooperative experiment and the instruments. Their reports and photos appeared on the evening news of the Telemundo TV network, in the El Nuevo Dia , the largest Puerto Rico daily newspaper, and in the weekly newspaper Vision . The generous help of Joe Fletcher and Russell Sell (EHP, Menlo Park), the Puerto Rico Port Authority of Mayaguez, the President's office of the University of Puerto Rico, and the staff of the Puerto Rico Seismic Network in various aspects of the experiment are central to the success of the experiment. ... [Read More]

EPA Region 2 2005 News Releases: EPA Commends Environmental Achievers in Puerto Rico
John McPhaul is a correspondent for Caribbean Business, a weekly Puerto Rico newspaper. He currently writes about a variety of subjects including the environment, energy, infrastructure and human resources. Coverage of special note includes articles on the listing of Vieques as a Superfund site, the controversy over the development of Puerto Rico's beaches, urban sprawl, waste management, development of alternative energy programs on the Island and water resources. Prior to joining Caribbean Business, John was a reporter with the San Juan Star with similar reporting interests. He began his journalistic career in Costa Rica more than two decades ago. There he was a reporter for the Tico Times and covered such diverse topics as the environment, the country's national parks and the political strife in neighboring Nicaragua. ... [Read More]

National Digital Newspaper Program
NEH recently solicited proposals from institutions to participate in the development of a test bed for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Ultimately, over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and be freely accessible via the Internet. An accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the website will direct users to newspaper titles available in all types of formats. LC will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections during the course of this partnership between NEH and the Library. ... [Read More]

Puerto Rico in 1898
Between 1869 and 1873, the establishment of a liberal government in Spain led to ample libertiesin the Caribbean, including the rights of Cubans and Puerto Ricans to send representatives to theSpanish Cortes. The liberal reforms extended to the island, to include the status ofDiputación Provincial (making the island a Province of Spain), and paved the way for theestablishment of the first national political parties. While the pro-independence movementremained disbanded and most of its leadership was still in exile, conservative and liberal factionstook over the local political arena, leading to a more open debate on the political status and socialdemands of the times. The conservative faction, mostly represented by "peninsulares",favored a continuation of the status quo that would maintain the local government underhand-picked Captain Generals ruling by decree, and favored slavery, as well as all the privilegesuntil then given to the predominantly Spanish ruling class. ... [Read More]

Archived:Puerto Rico
The students and teachers came out of these workshops very motivated. The teachers and counselors of the schools were very happy with the project. They believe that it will be a great help to their students. The program has received publicity through radio, TV and newspaper media of the island. We will evaluate the program on an ongoing basis, at the end of each academic period. ... [Read More]

Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
Although Puerto Rican representatives to the Spanish parliament succeeded in obtaining political reforms during thisperiod, in practice local Spanish authorities kept a tight grip on the island under the threat of rumors from abroad aboutsecessionist plots and potential insurrections. Censorship of the press, government repression, and political persecutionwere particularly effective in silencing the liberal camp. Spanish authorities on the island believed that newspaperscontributed to the spread of new ideas that could seriously threaten the established order. ... [Read More]

Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Degetau
Federico Degetau, Puerto Rico's first Resident Commissioner, was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on December 5, 1862. He received his early education in Ponce, and continued his education in Barcelona, Spain. After graduating from the law school of the Central University of Madrid in 1887, he was admitted to the Spanish bar and practiced law. He also was active in the Liberal Reformist Party and in 1887 he established a newspaper, La Isla de Puerto Rico , which sought to make Spaniards aware of Puerto Rico's plight. While in Spain, he had the opportunity to explore various interests including literature and pedagogic theories. ... [Read More]

Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Iglesias
Iglesias boarded a ship, intending to travel to England, but instead disembarked in Puerto Rico. In May 1897 he established Ensayo Obrero , a newspaper advocating the unionization of the working class in Puerto Rico. He was jailed for these efforts by the recently instituted Autonomist Regime. After spending seven months in prison, Iglesias and other political prisoners were released at the request of the United States Government after the occupation of the Island by American forces. Immediately after his release, Iglesias resumed his labor organizing activities, which brought him to the attention of the military governor of the Island, General John R. Brooke, who interceded on his behalf when the Spanish Government requested his extradition. General Brooke also allowed Iglesias to continue his labor organizing. On October 23, 1898 Iglesias helped found the Regional Federation of Workers and Porvenir Social , a newspaper he published until 1900. ... [Read More]

Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Muñoz Rivera
In 1887 Muñoz Rivera became one of the founders of the Autonomist Party, which sought to establish an independent government for Puerto Rico under the Spanish colonial system. To provide a voice for the Autonomist Party, Muñoz Rivera founded the newspaper La Democracia . In it he argued for Puerto Rican independence, denounced the injustices of the Spanish regime, and lobbied for the support of one of the main political parties in Spain to fulfill the goals of the Autonomist party. ... [Read More]