''Vanguardia'' ('Vanguard') was a weekly newspaper published from

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, being the provincial organ of the

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. The first issue was published on 10 May 1936. ''Vanguardia'' was one of a number of

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n provincial communist newspapers founded after the

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victory in the 1936 elections. The publication of ''Vanguardia'' continued until the capture of Málaga by Francoist forces in February 1937.Checa Godoy, Antonio.
Prensa y partidos politicos durante la II republica
'. Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca, 1989. p. 41

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