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Latin American Newspapers

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The Latin American Newspapers Collection includes approximately 35 fully searchable newspapers printed throughout this region in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Some of the titles currently digitized (partially or fully) in this collection are:

  • Comercio (Lima, Peru)
  • Daily Chronicle (Georgetown, Guyana)
  • Dictamen (Mexico/Veracruz, Mexico)
  • Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • El Mercurio (Santiago, Chile): An important Spanish-language paper published in Santiago, often considered Chile's newspaper of record.
  • Mexican Herald (Mexico City, Mexico): An English-language title bringing international and local news to the American expatriate community in Mexico.
  • Nacion (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • O Estado de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil): This title (published as A Provincia de Sao Paulo until 1889) traces Brazil's history from an empire to a republic, and stands as one of Brazil's premiere newspapers.
  • Prensa (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • La Razon (Buenos Aires, Argentina):
    An independent newspaper founded in 1905 , which continues publishing today.
  • West Coast Leader (Lima, Peru)

This is part of the Readex/NewsBank World Newspaper Archive.

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Subjects

Latin American Studies; Spanish

Date Coverage

19th and 20th centuries

Formats

Newspapers