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El Independiente Canadian Newspaper in Spanish

The Latin American community in Canada become more and more relevant at the beginning of the 80s with the arrival of the Salvadoran community and another Central-American immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

As the community settled more service and information was on need including some media in Spanish language then Roberto Iraheta, well know journalist born Salvadoran, decided to published a new concept of information more professional oriented media without corporate mentality. In another words information without censure supporting the community and its local issues.

On July 15, 2004 the first issue of [El Independiente]http://elindependiente.ca was born under the slogan "Alternativo - Investigativo - Veraz" [Alternative - Investigative - True].

Roberto Iraheta,the editor, decided to create a section under the name "Cartas al Editor" [letters to the Editor] which become in a very short time one of the must popular publication because his desire to keep publishing readers letter without censure including the ones with very strong right wing views or opposite to the newspaper.

[Will continue ....]