El Panameño Explained

El Panameño
Type:Weekly newspaper
Political:Liberal
Language:Spanish language
Headquarters:Panama City, Colombia
Sister Newspapers:Panama Sun

El Panameño (English: The Panamanian) was a liberal weekly newspaper published from Panamá, Colombia 1849–1857.[1] [2] The first issue was published on January 1, 1849.[3] Mariano Arosemena was the director of El Panameño.[4] [5] José Angel Santos was the editor of the newspaper.[6] Dr. Mateo Iturralde, Santiago de la Guardia and Pablo Arosemena were prominent personalities in the team behind the newspaper.[7] [8]

Seeking to compete with The Panama Star the printers of El Panameño launched a short-lived English-language publication, Panama Sun.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Senderos, Vol. 7, Eds 29–30. Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, 1994. p. 1016
  2. McGuinness, Aims. Path of Empire: Panama and the California Gold Rush. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007. p. 232
  3. Charno, Steven M. Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries: A Union List. 1969. p. 504
  4. Jaramillo Levi, Enrique. Sueño compartido: compilación histórica de cuentistas panameños, 1892-2004. Panamá: Universal Books, 2005. pp. xix, xxii
  5. Samper, José María, and Franz D. Hensel Riveros. Historia de una alma: memorias íntimas y de historia contemporánea. Bogotá, D.C.: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2009. p. 400
  6. Méndez Pereira, Octavio. Parnaso panameño. Panama: Tipografia El Istmo, 1916. p. v
  7. Revista lotería, Eds. 200–204. Lotería Nacional de Beneficencia, 1972. p. 21
  8. Peña, Concha. Estampas de Santa Ana en el II centenario de la Iglesia de Santa Ana, 1757-1957. Panamá: Junta Cívica de Santa Ana, 1958. p. 181
  9. Marshall, Oliver. The English-Language Press in Latin America. London: ILAS - Inst. of Latin American Studies, Univ. of London, 1996. p. 80