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14:00 | Lima, Dec. 22.
Thus, the oldest existing newspaper in the country has become the first printed media outlet in Peru to include its newspaper collection in such register.
On May 13, 1826, South American liberator Simon Bolivar used El Peruano to editorialize about respect for press freedom. Four months later, his farewell speech appeared on the same pages.
In 1839, the full text of the Political Constitution was published in this paper; two years later, an extraordinary edition came out, which gave an account of the Ingavi Battle, where Agustin Gamarra died.
Other editions —tinged with goodbyes— are those of November 9, 1841, in which the official gazette gave an account of the death of General Jose de San Martin, and that of May 4, 1866, which announced the death of Colonel Jose Galvez during the Dos de Mayo Combat.