In 1913, Victoriano Manteiga came to the United States from Cuba and went to work as a “lector,” reading the news of the day to the immigrant workers of the Morgan Cigar Factory in Ybor City, a National Historic Landmark District in Tampa. In 1922 he founded a newspaper for those workers that is now celebrating 100-years of service. Today Victoriano’s grandson Patrick Manteiga is “at the helm" of La Gaceta, the nation’s only trilingual newspaper still informing, influencing, and thriving as it publishes weekly in English, Spanish and Italian.
In this 138th episode of “E&P Reports,” meet Patrick Manteiga, the editor, publisher and owner of the 100-year-old, Tampa Bay based La Gaceta, the nation’s only trilingual newspaper, as he speaks about heritage, history politics and more. Also appearing is Assistant Editor Gene Siudut.
