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Reports on a boycott of the Puerto Rican newspaper `El Nuevo Dia' sought by Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rossello in reaction to damaging stories on his administration. Potential losses for newspaper if boycott lasts until the end of 1997; Articles published in the newspaper that have angered Rossello; American Society of Newspaper Editors' stance on the boycott.

The article reports on a Web site designed as a source of information on 1955 boycotts launched by the periodical "Montgomery Advertiser." The paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of a bus boycott in December 2005. The periodical is also offering the book "They Walked to Freedom," which recounts boycotts in the paper's point of view. The minority accounts for 42 percent readership of the newspaper.