Puerto Rico’s El Vocero newspaper could soon get a new owner that would preserve its voice on the 3.6 million-resident island, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. A trustee in charge of the newspaper’s bankruptcy case has proposed to hold a public auction on Nov. 22. Court documents show that the newspaper already has a $1.9 million offer from an investor group that would continue to operate the paper, which publishes columns by Ricky Rosselló, a rumored aspiring political candidate whose political advocacy group is pushing for the island to become a U.S. state. Challenging offers will have to start at $2 million, according to court papers. The trustee who’s handling the public auction said that the newspaper’s sale needs to be finalized by Nov. 30 to avoid a shutdown, according to court papers.
