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''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. == Under military dictatorship == 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. On July 4, 1987, PRD supporters burned down Mansion Dante, a commercial complex owned by the Eisenmann family. On July 26, security forces entered the building with an order to close ''La Prensa'' signed by Governor of Panama Alberto Velázquez; two smaller opposition papers were also closed.〔〔 ''La Prensa'' remained closed for six months, putting out its next issue on January 20, 1988. The paper was occupied and closed by government troops again in 1988, reopening in January 1990, shortly after the United States invasion of Panama. Eisenmann called the issue "the first La Prensa that we have ever published without threat, without being under the gun." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Prensa (Panama City)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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