Roberto Suárez

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Roberto Suárez (born Roberto J. Suarez de Cardenas in abt 1928 in Cuba) is the retired President of The Miami Herald and Publisher (founder) of El Nuevo Herald.

Roberto Suarez fled Cuba after Castro came to power and arrived in Miami with just $5 in his pocket and a small duffel bag of clothes. He started at The Miami Herald bundling the newspapers and worked his way up until he became the president of the Miami Herald Publishing Co. Later he went on to start the newspaper El Nuevo Herald.

He is the son of Miguel Amado Suarez-de Leon (the owner of the Gran Stadium del Cerro) and Esperanza de Cardenas-Carricaburu and is married to Miriam Camuzano. They had twelve children, Roberto (1952- ), Miriam, Elena, Antonio ( - 2007), Miguel, Armando (1958 - 2007), Raul, Maria Teresa, Gonzalo, Esperanza, and Ana Maria. He graduated from Colegio de Belén in 1946^[1].

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1. ^ The International Jesuit Alumni Directory Belen (Forum Press Inc., 1994)

• THE MIAMI HERALD, June 20, 1990, 1A
• THE MIAMI HERALD, May 16, 2007, 5B
• Anuario Social de La Habana 1939, (Luz-Hilo, S.A.)
• Directorio Social de La Habana 1948, (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949, (Editorial Lex)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950, (Editorial Lex)
• Registro Social de La Habana 1958, (Molina y Cia, S.A.)