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La Prensa: Latinx Exile Newspapers

Posted by: Amber Paranick

This blog post was written by Jennie Horton, a 2020 Librarian-in-Residence in the Serial & Government Publications Division.  Unrest in Latin America caused many to flee to the United States. Exile newspapers, Spanish-language papers published in the US, helped immigrants stay connected to their homeland, language, and culture. Spanish-language newspapers first appeared in the United States in 1808 with El …