La Voz de Houston

[4] Armando and Olga Ordóñez, refugees from Cuba, established La Voz de Houston in 1979.

Armando and Olga wrote articles and operated the paper, while their children, Carlos and Laura, helped produce La Voz.

[5] The newspaper is written in a standard mainstream Spanish so that Hispanics of many national backgrounds can easily understand the content.

[5] In 2009, La Voz reporter Jorge Luis Sierra won two first place awards for News and Features in the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors 2009 competition.

[6] In 2010 Héctor Pina of La Voz won the first place award for opinion writing in the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors 2010 competition for the best journalism work.