Talk:José Celso Barbosa
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[edit] El Tiempo
If I'm not mistaken, El Tiempo was NOT the first bilingual paper in Puerto Rico. There was a minor paper called "La Bandera Americana" in Mayagüez that was bilingual (at least sometimes) and was printed as early as 1899. Any further proof? Demf 03:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- The main thing here is, that until it can be proven with a verifiable source that "La Bandera Americana" was the first bilingual paper in Puerto Rico, "El Tiempo" will remain to be recognized as such. Tony the Marine 06:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hmmm... I know where to get microfilms of both, but that is not the point... the point is having the reference to back either claim (and I only mention it here because I don't dare to dispute the other without proof of my own). The quoted web page you have in the article reads almost verbatim like the preamble to a bill or law honoring Barbosa (and those have to be taken with a grain of salt, given the quality of our Legislature...) It mentions "El Tiempo", but does not elaborate on its bilingual status. Save a quoted reference, we're back to square one.
- Antonio S. Pedreira wrote a long article (almost book-length) telling the history of journalism in Puerto Rico. He probably wrote about El Tiempo, but I'm not sure if he mentioned La Bandera, or a few others from the western side of Puerto Rico, for that matter, because many of these efforts at journalism were isolated and regional in nature, given the poor communications in the island at the time. You would write whatever you wanted and chances are only your neighbors in town knew about it. Yet here at UPR-Rio Piedras there are copies of handwritten "newspapers" ("El Sombrero" from Vega Alta comes to mind) that had more public exposure, at least from a historical standpoint. Someday... someday I'll check on both claims... Demf 13:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- My guess would be that "El Tiempo" was most likely the first national bilingual newspaer where maybe "La Bandera Americana" could have been the first regional Bilingual newspaper. If you can upload a copy from the microfilm let me know and I'm sure that we will be able to use it. Tony the Marine 15:44, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Father of the Movement
He became known as the "Father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement.
Because of the quote marks, this reads as "[Barbosa] became known as a movement." My edit seeks to remedy this. ForDorothy 10:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
