[1][2] It featured articles criticizing the United States' governance of the Philippines, including the policies of former U.S. President William Howard Taft.

[4]: 43, 58–59 On October 30, 1908, El Renacimiento published a Spanish-language editorial entitled "Aves de rapiña" ("Bird of prey"), which dealt with corruption in the colonial government.

On January 23, 1909, the newspaper was sued for libel by Dean Conant Worcester, then-secretary of the interior of the Insular Government of the Philippines.

"[5] According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, Worcester allegedly used his position as interior secretary to profit from the sale of diseased beef.

[6] El Renacimiento is remembered as an anti-colonial publication that fought for press freedom during the American colonial period.