Xavier Chamorro Cardenal

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Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (31 December 1932 – 4 January 2008)[1] a Nicaraguan, was editor of El Nuevo Diario, a Nicaraguan newspaper. He was born in Managua. Prior to 1980, he had been with La Prensa, a well known Conservative publication. After the murder of his brother and newspaper journalist Pedro Joaquín in 1978, Xavier took over as editor of the paper. In 1980, he left La Prensa, taking eighty percent of the staff with him. Together, they founded El Nuevo Diario, with Xavier as director and editor. The newspaper has flourished, and provides a political view which is significantly different from that of La Prensa. He died in Managua on January 4, 2008.

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  1. ^ Source: article Fallece Xavier Chamorro Cardenal from EFE agency, on El Nuevo Diario's Website.

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