El Panameño () was a liberal weekly newspaper published from Panamá, Colombia 1849–1857.Senderos, Vol. 7, Eds 29–30. Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, 1994. p. 1016McGuinness, Aims. Path of Empire: Panama and the California Gold Rush. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007. p. 232 The first issue was published on January 1, 1849.Charno, Steven M. Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries: A Union List. 1969. p. 504 Mariano Arosemena was the director of El Panameño.Jaramillo Levi, Enrique. Sueño compartido: compilación histórica de cuentistas panameños, 1892-2004. Panamá: Universal Books, 2005. pp. xix, xxiiSamper, José María, and Franz D. Hensel Riveros. Historia de una alma: memorias íntimas y de historia contemporánea. Bogotá, D.C.: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 2009. p. 400 José Angel Santos was the editor of the newspaper.Méndez Pereira, Octavio. Parnaso panameño. Panama: Tipografia El Istmo, 1916. p. v Dr. Mateo Iturralde, Santiago de la Guardia and Pablo Arosemena were prominent personalities in the team behind the newspaper.Revista lotería, Eds. 200–204. Lotería Nacional de Beneficencia, 1972. p. 21Peña, Concha. Estampas de Santa Ana en el II centenario de la Iglesia de Santa Ana, 1757-1957. Panamá: Junta Cívica de Santa Ana, 1958. p. 181
Seeking to compete with The Panama Star the printers of El Panameño launched a short-lived English-language publication, Panama Sun.Marshall, Oliver. The English-Language Press in Latin America. London: ILAS - Inst. of Latin American Studies, Univ. of London, 1996. p. 80
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