José Ignacio Rivero

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 Reycite book
title = Prado y Teniente Rey
author = Jose Ignacio Rivero
date = January, 1986
publisher = Ediciones Páginas Cubanas
id = ISBN 0918901359] and ,cite book
title = Contra Viento y Marea Memorias de un Periodista: Periodismo y Mucho Mas, 1920-2004
author = Jose Ignacio Rivero
date = August, 2004
publisher = Ediciones Universal
id = ISBN 1593880286] 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.cite web
title = JFK Visit to Miami December 18, 1963 to address the Inter-American Press Association
authors = Marshall, J A. and Aragon, E I.
url = http://cuban-exile.com/doc_051-075/doc0066.html
date = December 30, 1963
accessdate = 2006-11-23]

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

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