El Imparcial

For other uses, see El Imparcial (disambiguation).
El Imparcial

El Imparcial of November 1, 1950, headline: US Air National Guard Bombs Utuado
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Prensa Insular de Puerto Rico[1]
Editor Antonio Ayuso Valdivieso (ca. 1933[2] and ca. 1951[3]) and Miguel A. García Méndez (ca. 1975)
Founded 1918
Political alignment Conservative
Language Spanish
English
Headquarters San Juan, Puerto Rico

El Imparcial, founded in 1918, was a Puerto Rican newspaper. It circulated daily, except Sundays.[4] Its complete name was El Imparcial: El diario ilustrado de Puerto Rico.[5]

El Imparcial was given new life in 1933 under the leadership of Antonio Ayuso Valdivieso.[6] In the 1970s Miguel A. García Méndez bought the newspaper. The headquarters of the newspaper was destroyed by arson in an act of political sabotage. The paper somewhat recovered and kept running for a short time after that with only one third employees. Eventually, the government expropriated the building where it was located. The last known issue of the paper is dated 28 February 1973. (Año 38, núm. 14,210)[7] However, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña in New York City has editions from February 22 to March 21, 1979 [8] After its demise, many of its reporters, photojournalists and editors went on to form part of the then newly created El Vocero newspaper, which many in Puerto Rico consider it its successor.

Contributing writers

Among the more prominent journalist with El Imparcial were Luis Pales Matos, Angel Rivero Mendez, Hector Campos Parsi, Rafael Pont Flores, and Luis Rechani Agrait. Other contributors were Carmen Mirabal, Aida Zorrilla, Miguel Angel Yumet, Luis Colón, and Millie Cappalli Arango.

References

  1. ↑ 189 F.2d 1019: PRENSA INSULAR DE PUERTO RICO, Inc. et al. v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO. United States Court of Appeals First Circuit. 189 F.2d 1019. No. 4512. June 7, 1951. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Three Centuries of Communications: Media, Technology, and Narratives in Puerto Rico: The 20th Centyr and the Communications Industry. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ↑ 189 F.2d 1019: PRENSA INSULAR DE PUERTO RICO, Inc. et al. v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO. United States Court of Appeals First Circuit. 189 F.2d 1019. No. 4512. June 7, 1951. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ↑ About El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?. United States Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ↑ El Impracial: El Diario Ilustrado de Puerto Rico. Worldcat. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Three Centuries of Communications: Media, Technology, and Narratives in Puerto Rico: The 20th Centyr and the Communications Industry. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 10 Dec emeber 2013.
  7. ↑ About El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?. United States Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  8. ↑ La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña