Type Weekly newspaper Language Spanish | Founded 24 May 1863 Ceased publication 16 July 1893 | |
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Political alignment Political Satirical paper Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
El Mosquito was an independent weekly satire newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first political humor newspaper in Argentina.
Overview
After the fall of the Juan Manuel de Rosas regime, there was increased press freedom and many newspapers were started. El Mosquito was one of them and it was established in 1863. It was published every Sunday, it did became daily in April 1968 but it did not succeed. The newspaper was known for its cartons, caricature and political humour. Later on Henri Stein became its owner and chief cartoonist. Then President of Argentina Domingo Faustino Sarmiento had his cartoons drawn by Henri Stein published in El Mosquito.
References
El Mosquito Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA