''LareDOS'' was an independent monthly newspaper published in

Laredo, Texas Laredo ( ; ) is a city in and the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Laredo has the distinction of flying seven flags (the flag of ...

, and distributed free of charge. The newspaper was widely praised and also criticized for its controversial stories on local politics. ''LareDOS'' was founded by Maria Eugenia "Meg" Guerra and Richard Geissler in December 1994. The newspaper took pride that it was 100 percent owned by a Latina since Guerra bought out Geissler in 1996. ''LareDOS'' also used the branding of "A Journal of the borderlands". In April 2011, ''LareDOS'' publisher Guerra received the First Amendment Community Watchdog Award from the

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, Fort Worth Chapter for two stories concerning the state of living in the colonias near Laredo, Texas, and damage done to the National Historic Landmark, Fort Treviño in San Ygnacio, Texas, when city workers accidentally sprayed tar all over the walls of the historic building when they were paving a road. In September 2014, owner and publisher Guerra discontinued the financially unsuccessful publication.

External links

''LareDOS'' home page

References

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