The newspaper was founded in Ponce in 1983 by Juan Nogueras de la Cruz with a crew of six employees. It was first published every other week, had 32 pages and a circulation of 40,000 copies. At first it circulated only in Ponce and
Juana Diaz, but a year after its foundation it started circulating also in the towns of
Santa Isabel,
Coamo,
Guayanilla,
Peñuelas and
Yauco. In its beginnings the paper was printed by a third party, but starting on 2 February 1993, the paper started publishing at Juno Printing, a wholly owned subsidiary of
La Perla del Sur. The paper was known as "
El periódico de Ponce y la región Sur de Puerto Rico." (
The Newspaper and Southern region of Puerto Rico). It was a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays. Until its final print run, the paper was distributed, free of charge, in the towns of Ponce, Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Yauco, Santa Isabel,
Villalba, Juana Diaz,
Salinas, and Coamo. The company had approximately 30 employees. The paper ceased publication on 15 June 2022 in its printed form, and reappeared, under new ownership, as an electronic online-only paper on 15 September 2022, exactly three months later. ==Reception==