''La Perla del Sur'' is a weekly regional Spanish-language newspaper based in
Ponce,
Puerto Rico
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. It is distributed in nine towns in southern Puerto Rico and has a circulation of 75,000. It also had an Internet portal where the entire printed version of the paper could be accessed. It was founded in 1983.
History
The newspaper was founded in Ponce in 1983 by Juan Nogueras de la Cruz with a crew of six employees. It was first published every other week, had 32 pages and a circulation of 40,000 copies. At first it circulated only in Ponce and
Juana Diaz, but a year after its foundation it started circulating also in the towns of
Santa Isabel,
Coamo
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,
Guayanilla
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,
Peñuelas and
Yauco
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.
In its beginnings the paper was printed by a third party, but starting on 2 February 1993, the paper started publishing at Juno Printing, a wholly owned subsidiary of ''La Perla del Sur.'' The paper was known as "''El periódico de Ponce y la región Sur de Puerto Rico''." (''The Newspaper and Southern region of Puerto Rico''). It was a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays.
Until its final print run, the paper was distributed, free of charge, in the towns of Ponce, Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Yauco, Santa Isabel,
Villalba, Juana Diaz,
Salinas, and Coamo. The company had approximately 30 employees.
The paper ceased publication on 15 June 2022 in its printed form, and reappeared, under new ownership, as an electronic online-only paper on 15 September 2022, exactly three months later.
Reception
In 2012, it received an award for its coverage of
Gasoducto del Norte in the category of
investigative reporting
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specifically for "El tiempo desmiente la
Vía Verde" (Time unmasks Via Verde) article series. The presenter of the award, the Puerto Rico Newspaper Association, stated the series was "a well-developed and well-written work. The reporting does away with the myth that regional newspapers are not interested in subjects involving national issues".
''XVIII Premio Nacional de Periodismo: Otorgados el pasado sábado 11 de agosto de 2012 en el Hotel Mariott del Condado.''
Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico. News. Retrieved 8 September 2012
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See also
* List of newspapers in Puerto Rico
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References
External links
''La Perla del Sur'''s website
(Archived)
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Newspapers from Ponce, Puerto Rico