José Ignacio Rivero

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José Ignacio Rivero (1920 - ) is a Cuban journalist in exile.

Rivero was born in Havana, Cuba. He is the grandson of Don Nicolas Rivero, who in 1832 founded the newspaper El Diario de la Marina, and the son of Pepin Rivero, who took over the newspaper upon the death of Don Nicolas in 1944. In 1960 the Cuban government confiscated the newspaper and Jose Ignacio Rivero left into exile where he continued his journalistic career in Spain and the United States.

Rivero's memoirs, Prado y Teniente Rey^[1] and Contra Viento y Marea Memorias de un Periodista: Periodismo y Mucho Mas, 1920-2004^[2], recount his experiences as director of the Diario La Marina (Navy Newspaper) newspaper, the circumstances leading to his exile, and his ongoing activism on behalf of freedom of the press.

A rally, in Rivero's honor, was held on November 17, 1963 by Dr. Emilio Nunez Portuondo in preparation for a visit by John F. Kennedy to Miami. The visit, which was aimed at dialoguing with members of the Inter-American Press Association, was able to generate an audience of "approximately 6,000 to 8,000 cubans" according to United States Secret Service estimates.^[3]

He currently lives in Miami, FL where he writes for the spanish language newspaper El Diario Las Americas.

[edit] References

1. ^ Jose Ignacio Rivero (January, 1986). Prado y Teniente Rey. Ediciones Páginas Cubanas. ISBN 0918901359. 
2. ^ Jose Ignacio Rivero (August, 2004). Contra Viento y Marea Memorias de un Periodista: Periodismo y Mucho Mas, 1920-2004. Ediciones Universal. ISBN 1593880286. 
3. ^ JFK Visit to Miami December 18, 1963 to address the Inter-American Press Association (December 30, 1963). Retrieved on November 23, 2006.