Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala

Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala (28 February 1915, Puerto Cabello - 25 April 1996) was one of Venezuela's most important media figures, the head of the Cadena Capriles media group.

Capriles launched Ultimas Noticias, one of Venezuela's most important newspapers, in 1941, after the pro-freedom measures implemented by President Medina Angarita. On 3 February 1958, shortly after the end of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez on 23 January 1958, Capriles launched El Mundo, which for most of its existence was the only Venezuelan evening newspaper.

In 1968 a deal was struck by COPEI on behalf of Rafael Caldera, promising Miguel Angel Capriles a Senate seat and the right to designate eleven Congressional candidates, in exchange for favoural coverage in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1968.^[1] Capriles was elected to the Venezuelan Senate in 1968.

Capriles was married twice; Miguel Ángel Capriles López, chairman of Mantex, is his son from his first marriage.

Books

• Memorias de la inconformidad, 1973
• Siempre habrá Venezuela, Editorial Domingo Fuentes, 1985

References

1. ^ Coppedge, Michael (1994), Strong Parties and Lame Ducks: Presidential Partyarchy and Factionalism in Venezuela, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp35-36

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Name	Capriles Ayala, Miguel Angel
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Date of birth	28 February 1915
Place of birth	Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Date of death	25 April 1996
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