List of newspapers in Cuba

This is a list of newspapers in Cuba. Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval. There are several new anti-Communist, contra-revolutionary online newspapers, based mostly outside Cuba Independent digital media in Cuba, mostly financed by the US Government through the NED or other organizations, or in some cases, through other governments.^[1][2][3]

Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists

National newspapers

• Granma — published by the Communist Party of Cuba
• Juventud Rebelde — published by the Union of Young Communists ^[4]
• Trabajadores — published by the Centre of Cuban Workers ^[4]
• Kwong Wah Po [es] 光华报 (Chinese language; established as La voz de los obreros y campesinos in 1928)^[5]

Provincial newspapers

Each of Cuba's 16 provinces has a regional weekly, which acts as the official newspaper published by each provincial Communist Party branch. The two most recently launched, El Artemiseño and Mayabeque, began publication in 2011, to serve the newly formed provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque.

Each weekly has its own website with local news, updated daily, which offers weekly print editions for free download in the PDF format. Some also publish online editions in English.

Name	Province	Circulation	Founded	Website
Sierra Maestra	Santiago de Cuba	Weekly (on Saturdays)	7 September 1957	sierramaestra.cu
Adelante	Camagüey	Weekly (on Saturdays)	12 January 1959	adelante.cu
Guerrillero	Pinar del Río	Weekly	6 July 1960	guerrillero.cu
Girón	Matanzas	Weekly	5 December 1961	giron.cu
Venceremos	Guantánamo	Weekly (on Fridays)	25 July 1962	venceremos.cu
Vanguardia	Villa Clara	Weekly (on Saturdays)	9 August 1962	vanguardia.cu
Ahora!	Holguín	Weekly (on Saturdays)	19 November 1962	ahora.cu
Victoria	Isla de la Juventud	Weekly (on Saturdays)	20 February 1967	periodicovictoria.cu
La Demajagua	Granma	Weekly (on Saturdays)	10 October 1977	lademajagua.cu
Periódico 26	Las Tunas	Weekly (on Fridays)	26 July 1978	periodico26.cu
Escambray	Sancti Spíritus	Weekly (on Saturdays)	4 January 1979	escambray.cu
Invasor	Ciego de Ávila	Weekly (on Saturdays)	26 July 1979	invasor.cu
5 de Septiembre	Cienfuegos	Weekly (on Fridays)	5 September 1980	5septiembre.cu
Tribuna de La Habana	Havana	Weekly (on Sundays)	7 October 1980	tribuna.cu
El Artemiseño	Artemisa	Weekly (on Tuesdays)	11 January 2011	artemisadiario.cu
Mayabeque	Mayabeque	Weekly	11 January 2011	diariomayabeque.cu

Defunct

• Gaceta de La Habana (est. 1764)^[6]
• Papel Periódico de La Habana [es] (est. 1790)^[7]
• El Regañón (est. 1800)^[7]
• El Lince (est. 1811)^[8]
• El Habanero (est.1824)^{[citation needed]}
• El Aurora (est. 1828)^{[citation needed]}
• El Boletín Rotario de Jatibonico [es]
• Diario de la Marina (1832-1961)
• La Voz del Pueblo Cubano (est. 1852)^[7]
• Correo de la Tarde (Havana) [es] (1857-1858)
• El Eco de Galicia (Havana) [es] (1878-1902)
• El Cubano Libre (est. 1868)^{[citation needed]}
• El Dia^[9]
• El Diablo Cojuelo (est. 1869)^{[citation needed]}
• La Lucha^[9]
• La Discusión (est.1889)^[10]
• La Semana (1925-1935)
• Havana Post^[11]
• El Eco Montañés [es]^[12]
• Havana Daily Telegraph^[11]
• Havana Evening News^[9]
• Havaner lebn
• El Heraldo de Cuba^[9]
• La Nacion^[9]
• La Noche^[9]
• La Prensa^[9]
• El Triunfo^[9]
• Adelante
• Atenas
• Mañana
• Avance
• Hoy (est. 1938)^[13]
• Ecos de Jatibonico [es] (est. 1958)
• Kubaner Idish Wort
• Lunes de Revolución [es] (1959-1961)
• El Mundo (1901-1969)^[11][14]
• Patria
• El Veguero Libre [es] (1945-1959)
• Prensa Libre (Cuba), 1941-1961
• Revolución (1959-1965), "official Castro newspaper" until it merged with Hoy to form Granma^[13]

Historical newspaper archives

• Archival issues of Diario de la Marina from the Digital Library of the Caribbean

See also

• Unión de Periodistas de Cuba, journalists' union, est.1963
• Media of Cuba
• Television in Cuba
• Telecommunications in Cuba
• Internet in Cuba
• Censorship in Cuba

References

1. Angulo, Radio. "Attacks on Cuba by US-funded media are denounced". www.radioangulo.cu. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
2. "Annual Program Statement". U.S. Embassy in Cuba. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
3. "Cuba 2020". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
4. "Todos los sitios de la prensa cubana en internet: Periódicos" [Cuban media sites on the Internet: Newspapers] (in Spanish). Cuba: Granma. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
5. Mauro García Triana; Pedro Eng Herrera (2009). The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now. Gregor Benton, translator. USA: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-3343-9.
6. "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.library.miami.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
7. Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum [es]. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0.
8. "(Cuba)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
9. Sanger 1919.
10. Benjamin 1905.
11. Ayer 1908.
12. Bailly 1908.
13. James W. Carty Jr.; Janet Liu Terry (1976), "Cuban Communicators", Caribbean Quarterly, 22 (4: Mass Media in the Caribbean), University of the West Indies: 59–67, doi:10.1080/00086495.1976.11829278, ISSN 2470-6302, JSTOR 23050564
14. Salado 2016.

Bibliography

• Charles L. Benjamin (February 15, 1905), "Daily Papers of Habana", Printers' Ink: a Journal for Advertisers, vol. 50, New York, pp. 40–48
• "Cuba", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1908, hdl:2027/uiug.30112063602004 – via HathiTrust
• "Republica Cubana: Habana: Periodicos". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
• J.W. Sanger (1919), "Publications in Cuba", Advertising Methods in Cuba, Special Agents Series, Washington DC: United States Department of Commerce, pp. 226 v, hdl:2027/nyp.33433023652054
• New York Public Library (1920), "Latin-American Periodicals Current in the Reference Department: Cuba", Bulletin, vol. 24, USA{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• "Cuba", American Newspaper Annual, American newspaper annual and directory, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1922, hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n
• Waldo Lincoln (1926). "List of Newspapers of the West Indies and Bermuda in the Library of the American Antiquarian Society" (PDF). Proceedings. 36 (1). American Antiquarian Society: 139–142. Cuba
• "Cuba: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2003. p. 1338. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
• Minerva Salado (2016). Censura de prensa en la Revolución cubana (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum.

External links

• Latin American Network Information Center. "Cuba: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin.
• "Cuba". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011.
• "Cuba". Union List of Current Newspapers and Selected Serials. USA: Latin America North East Libraries Consortium. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15.