Full-text of Latin American newspapers and newswires covering international and Latin-American regional topics. Has a built-in translation tool.
News and Newspapers
Current News
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)
Full-text news from Latin America, including government publications, and political, economic and financial sources. From ISI.
Latin American Newsletters (latinnews.com)
Daily and weekly political, economic, regional, and security reports in English and Spanish. Archives: 1960s - present.
Archive of news digests covering Latin American countries from 1985 to the present. Articles cite original sources in Latin American newspapers, so you can use this database to identify articles in the Latin American press. You must specify beginning and end dates for searches.
Information Services Latin America (ISLA)
Assembles news from major US sources and organizes stories by country. Coverage of Latin American topics from Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Manchester Guardian/Le Monde, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal.
North American Congress on Latin America's Report on the Americas. A biweekly source of analysis and news on Latin American Affairs.
Full-text newspaper, magazine and journal articles from the US ethnic press, including Latino news sources and coverage of Latin America.
Full-text news sources, includes Latin American and Iberian papers. Change the language option to All Languages or Spanish or Portuguese to get foreign language results. Use Spanish or Portuguese keywords to search. Browse recent headlines by choosing "News Pages" from the top of the screen, then "Factiva Pages," followed by selecting a country from the drop-down menu.
Large database of full-text news, covering U.S. papers and several Latin American sources. Worthwhile to use Power Search and learn about language and geographic limits to focus your searching.
Veja [Online]
A Brazilian weekly newsmagazine published in São Paulo.
Full-text summaries and translations of news appearing in print and broadcast media around the world; goes back to 1994. For previous years see our Foreign Press Translation guide and consult the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports, 1941-1996
Historical News
(Includes Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2)
Digitized newspapers from the collections of the Center for Research Libraries covering 1805-1922. Tip: Select "Newspaper Titles" to view available papers. Not all titles have complete holdings.
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library
Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC). Growing collection of newspapers and magazines from the region.
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808 - 1980
Spanish language papers published in the US in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press
This collection documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.
(University of Arizona University Libraries)
Hemeroteca Digital (Biblioteca Nacional de España)
Historical newspapers and periodicals from Spain, spanning the 17th to early 20th centuries.
Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at the Claire T. Carney Library, the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
National Library of Portugal's Digital Library
Spanish Periodicals & Newspapers: Women's Magazine Digital Collections
Spanish periodicals and newspapers dating from the 18th through the 20th century, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 19th century. (University of Connecticut)
Publicaciones Periódicas del Uruguay
Full-text of 19th and 20th century newspapers and journals published in Uruguay. Navigate to Presentación and use the Índice de títulos to navigate to information about each publication and links to full text.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1941-1996.
Searchable collection of translations produced by the US government of print and broadcast media from throughout the world. Translated articles cite original foreign language sources and thus can be used to help identify articles appearing in the Latin American press.
Other online historical collections of interest:
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full-text, searchable collections of major US newspapers
The Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Full-text, searchable articles from the Times of London.
Analysis
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit)
Country Reports and Profiles produced by the same company that publishes the Economist weekly magazine. Online archive of these weekly, monthly and annual reports.
Political & Economic Intelligence, Analysis, Forecasts & News Across the Globe.
Tuiteros Iberoamericanos (Foreign Policy en Español)
FP en español ha hecho una lista de los tuiteros iberoamericanos que publican información relevante sobre Iberoamérica y que aportan una visión más global de las relaciones internacionales, política exterior y cooperación.
Microfilm
Newspapers on Microfilm at Columbia University Libraries
- Avance Criollo, El (Miami, FL, USA) July 1960-June 1962
- Barricada (Managua, Nicaragua) July 1979- April 1994
- Cambio 16 (Madrid, Spain) Nov. 1971- Nov. 1991
- Caribe, El (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) Jan. 1956 - Feb. 1974
- Comercio, El (Lima, Peru) Jan. 1938 - Dec. 1983
- Día, El (Montevideo, Uruguay) Jan. 1962 -Sept. 1993
- Envío (Managua, Nicaragua) 1981-2002
- Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) Jan. 1890-1911; 1956-present
- Estrella de Panamá (Panama City, Panama) Jan. 1956 - Dec. 1968
- Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico) Jan. 1918 - Dec. 1994
- Granma (Havana, Cuba) Oct. 1965 - Dec. 1998. See searchable article index
- Granma Weekly Review (English) (Havana, Cuba)
- Imparcial, El (Guatemala City, Guatemala) Jan. 1962 - June 1985
- Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) June 1965 -Aug. 1982 and Oct. - Dec. 1989
- Marcha (Montevideo, Uruguay) 1958-1962 [microfilm] and 1971-1974 [print]
- Mercurio, El (Santiago, Chile) July 1953 - present
- Nación, La (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Mar. 1952 - present
- Nación, La (Santiago, Chile) Jan. 1962 - Sept. 1971
- Noticias de hoy (Havana, Cuba) Jan. 1962 - Dec. 1964
- Obra revolucionaria (Havana , Cuba) May 1960 - July 1965
- País, El (Madrid, Spain) Feb. 1979 - present
- Prensa, La (Buenos Aires, Argentina) July 1938 - June 1976
- Revolución (Havana, Cuba) Jan. 1959 - Oct. 1965
- Tiempo, El (Bogota , Colombia) Aug. 1938 - Dec. 1970
- Times of Havana (Havana, Cuba) Jan. 1959 - Jan. 1964
- Universal, El (Caracas, Venezuela) Mar. 1944- present
- Veja (São Paulo, Brazil) Jan. 1986 - Sept. 1998; 1999 - present in print. Online Archive
- Verde Olivo (Havana , Cuba) Mar. 1960 - Dec. 1968
- Underground Newspaper Collection
Large collection of "underground" press spanning 1963-1985. Mostly US papers but also includes 55 Latin American titles. Print Guide.
Accessing Microfilm at Columbia Libraries
Check holdings and locations in CLIO. Microfilm is held in ReCAP, the offsite storage facility, unless otherwise indicated. In the CLIO record, select "Get from Offsite" to request film for delivery to Butler Library. The Periodical & Microfilm Reading Room (Butler Library, room 401) has microfilm readers, copiers and high-speed scanners.
Strategies for Locating Sources
Strategies for Locating Latin American Newspapers
When You Know The Title
CLIO Basic Search
Do a Title Search. Limit to "Journals/Newspapers/Serials"
CLIO Advanced Search
Do a Title Search. Limit by "Format" to "Journals/Newspapers/Serials". Choose "Medium" limit to "Microforms". Your title search will now be limited to newspapers in microfilm format.
Item not in CLIO
Do a title search in WorldCat to see if other libraries have holdings. Limit your search to "Serial Publications" and, under "Subtype Limits," select "Microform." change the "ANY FORMATS" to MICROFORM. If your title is a common word (Nación) add a city or country name as a keyword in your search.
When You Do Not Know The Title
CLIO Advanced Search
Enter [country name], "newspapers" and select "Subject" from the drop down menu. For example, , search: Argentina Newspapers.
WorldCat
Enter [country name] "newspapers" and select "Subject" from the drop down menu. Limit the search to "Serial Publications" and/or "Microforms." To further limit your search, add names of place of publication (city) as a keyword.
Additional Sources
Bibliographies, union lists, and historical dictionaries can allow you to identify older newspapers not represented in WorldCat or other online databases.
LANE Union List (Latin America North East Libraries Consortium)
A union list of newspapers, news, and business magazine titles held in select research libraries in the North East US.
Latin American newspapers in United States libraries / Steven M. Charno (PDF)
Published 1969. Organized by country and city and covering over 5,000 newspaper titles, this publication allows quick searching of newspapers held in US libraries (up to the 1960s). Provides holdings information that CLIO and Worldcat might be lacking.
Newspapers in Microform: United States and Foreign Countries
(3 volumes) 1948-1983.
Also Available in PDF
Bibliografía - Publicaciones Periódicas del Uruguay
Provides some full text.
Catálogo de periódicos brasileiros microfilmados
Rio de Janeiro : Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, 1994.
Cien años de prensa en Colombia, 1840-1940
Medellín: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, 2002.
English-language Press in Latin America / Oliver Marshall
London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 1996.
German-Language press of the Americas, 1732-1968
Pullach/München, Verlag Dokumentation [1973]
Historia del periodismo argentino : desde los orígenes hasta el centenario de mayo
Buenos Aires : Editorial de la Universidad Católica Argentina, c2006.
Online News
ABC (Spain)
Diario de Notícias (Portugal)
El Pais (Spain)
Provides complete full-text access to the current issue and the searchable archive.
Jornal de Notícias (Portugal)
iSiS: Newspapers and Radio (Iberian Peninsula)
LANIC: News & Newspapers
Links to major news sources and agencies throughout Latin America. Also a Twitter-based news feed.
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
CRL is a consortium of North American universities, of which Columbia University is a member. Microfilm identified here may be requested via interlibrary loan. CRL maintains an impressive collection of foreign language newspapers in print and on microfilm, both historical and current. Request materials via Interlibrary Loan. Include information about CRL holdings in your ILL request.
LAMP: The microform collections of LAMP (formerly Latin American Microform Project) form a large pool of historical, political, linguistic, economic, and geographical data and primary source materials not available elsewhere. Explore LAMP Collections or Search the CRL Catalog.
Notable Resources at CRL
Revolutionary Mexico in Newspapers, 1900-1929
Guide to the Microfilm Set
Independent Mexico in Newspapers, the 19th Century
Guide to the Microfilm Set
Rare Paraguayan Newspapers
El Pueblo (Asunción) November 24, 1966–August 26, 1987
El Radical (Asunción) October 1, 1970–August 23, 1978
Sendero (Asunción) July 1973–May 9, 1986.
Uno más Uno (Mexico, DF) Oct 1, 1979–Dec 31, 1987
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Latin American & Iberian Studies Librarian
Sean Knowlton
Sean.Knowlton@Columbia.edu
212-854-1679
Sean.Knowlton@Columbia.edu
212-854-1679
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(International Affairs Building)
420 West 118th St.
New York, NY 10027 USA