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The Patriot of Guayaquil: an Example of Free Press in the Struggle for Freedom of Expression

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Created: 23.04.2026 00:15 Updated: 23.04.2026 00:15 Nearly two hundred and five years ago, the Main Port opened its printing press and with it its first newspaper, The Patriot of Guayaquil. The Guayaquilites had to wait almost three centuries to receive an artifact that Gutenberg had invented about half a century before Columbus had spotted American lands, because colonial authorities feared its power to facilitate the dissemination of seditio…
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Created: 23.04.2026 00:15 Updated: 23.04.2026 00:15 Nearly two hundred and five years ago, the Main Port opened its printing press and with it its first newspaper, The Patriot of Guayaquil. The Guayaquilites had to wait almost three centuries to receive an artifact that Gutenberg had invented about half a century before Columbus had spotted American lands, because colonial authorities feared its power to facilitate the dissemination of seditio…

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