While various magazines had been launched in Puerto Rico, none were truly successful because they could not compete with the quality of the magazines in Spanish that were being imported from South America. Those magazines did not include local coverage and Mr. Casiano wanted to publish a magazine that reflected Puerto Rico's people, events, the problems facing the island and so CCI began launching a new series of magazines.
Despite attempts at publishing magazines in Puerto Rico, none were successful due to their inability to compete with the quality of Spanish magazines imported from South America. These imports lacked local content, leading Mr. Casiano to initiate a new magazine series by CCI that would focus on reflecting Puerto Rican people, events, and issues.