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El Mundo (lit. ' The World ') is a Puerto Rican newspaper founded in 1919 [1] by Romualdo Real. [2] Its slogan was "Verdad y Justicia" (Truth and Justice). [3] In 1929, former corrector-turned-administrator Angel Ramos and journalist José Coll Vidal, bought the newspaper when Real retired.
This paper was the successor of El Diario de Puerto Rico (1909–1911); Eugenio Astol, director; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso become its director in 1928. [483] In 1970, its name was changed to El Nuevo Día; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder [468] El Observador[484] Ponce.
The newspaper would be published twice a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays) and would cost 1 Spanish dollar. Through the 1800s several newspapers began publication including "Diario Economico de Puerto Rico, "El Cigarrón, El Investigador, and "Diario Liberal y de Variedades de Puerto Rico the former being the first one to be published daily. Most ...
The building served as the headquarters and main printing press for El Mundo until the company, as many others at the time, moved to new facilities at the recently established Hato Rey central business district, the so-called Milla de Oro, in 1966. Puerto Rico Ilustrado ran until 1952, while El Mundo was last published in 1986. [3]
Puerto Rico Ilustrado changed to a Sunday supplement (suplemento dominical) on 7 June 1970, and remained so until its publication was discontinued by El Mundo in September 1975. [13] On 20 January 1985, El Mundo resumed publication of Puerto Rico Ilustrado as an insert of the Sunday issues. [14]
On September 3, 1994, Daniel Jiménez established a world record for the quickest knockout in a championship fight, defeating Harald Geier in 17 seconds (currently the second fastest). [6] Juan Manuel López is sixth in this category, having defeated César Figueroa in 47 seconds during his first defense. [6]
Puerto Rican jíbaro in a sugar-cane field during harvest, ca. 1941. Jíbaro (Spanish: [ ˈ x i β a ɾ o ]) is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people who farm the land in a traditional way. The jíbaro is a self-subsistence farmer, and an iconic reflection of the Puerto Rican people.
Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz. [2] Referred to as the "Most Iconic Latino Pop Music Band", [3] they have been ranked as one of the biggest boy bands of all time by several publications, including Billboard, Us Weekly, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue, being the only Latin band on their lists.