''La Semana'' was a newspaper published by

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was the founder and the editor-in-chief of the weekly political commentary journal. In the late 1920s, it had the biggest circulation of any paper on the island of

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and a property valuation of $300,000. In August 1929, ''La Semana'' was suppressed after being indicted by the

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Government on charges of printing obscene photos. Three of its reporters were deported under a decree signed by Machado, while the editor-in-chief Carbó fled by airplane to the United States.Washington Evening Star, Sep 22, 1929, Page 13, Washington, Washington DC, US Freedom of Press in Cuba is Denied Carbó was also later detained in the political prison at

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in January 1931, for publishing content in the ''La Semana'' newspaper, that the government found objectionable before his eventual release in February 1931. During the

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in November 1933, there were bombings in Havana, one of which damaged the front of the newspaper offices.

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