La Prensa de Minnesota
Creator:
Jessica Lopez Lyman
Bibliography
Duarte, Lorena (former editor of La Prensa). Interview with the author, April 30, 2018.
OH 135
Interview with Mario Duarte
Oral history collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Oral history with Mario Duarte conducted on September 17, 2000, as part of the Lideres Latinos Oral History Project.
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10872832
Chronology
1982
Mario Duarte and his family flee civil war in El Salvador and move to the United States.
Late 1980s
Mario and his family move to the West Side of St. Paul.
1990
Mario works as a volunteer for the United States census.
1991
Mario starts La Prensa and becomes its editor.
2001
Mario’s daughter, Lorena, takes over from her father as La Prensa’s editor.
2002
Lorena moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to attend Harvard University. She continues to edit La Prensa.
2006
Lorena leaves her position as editor and returns to Minnesota after graduating from Harvard.
2006
La Prensa is sold to El Cine Latino Communications Networks.
2018
La Prensa is run by Latino Communications Network and is available online.
Bibliography
Duarte, Lorena (former editor of La Prensa). Interview with the author, April 30, 2018.
OH 135
Interview with Mario Duarte
Oral history collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Oral history with Mario Duarte conducted on September 17, 2000, as part of the Lideres Latinos Oral History Project.
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10872832