La Prensa (Panama City)
| Type | daily |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. |
| Staff writers | Gustavo Gorriti (1996-2003) |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Political alignment | conservative, pro-democracy |
| Headquarters | Panama City, Panama |
| Website | Prensa.com |
La Prensa is a conservative Panamanian newspaper founded in 1980. Established by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. during a period military dictatorship, Prensa built an international reputation as an independent voice, and has been described as "Panama's leading opposition newspaper" and its newspaper of record.
The newspaper was founded in 1980 by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr., who had returned to Panama in 1979 after living in exile for three years in the United States. Created to oppose the military dictatorship of Omar Torrijos, the paper published its first issue on August 4, 1981.
In 1982, Prensa editor Carlos Ernesto González was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for an article critical of President Aristides Royo, in which he accused the president of being behind an armed attack on the Prensa building by Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) supporters. The paper was the only media organization to endorse opposition candidate Arnulfo Arias over military leader Manuel Noriega's selection, Ardito Barletta, in the 1984 presidential election.
In 1986, La Prensa was still the only newspaper publishing reports critical of military leader Manuel Noriega, including protesting the murder of Hugo Spadafora. The government consequently adopted a formal resolution condemning Eisenmann as a "traitor to the nation". Eisenmann then reportedly lived in exile in the US for fear of his safety, first in Massachusetts as a Nieman Fellow of Harvard University, and then in Miami, Florida.
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