- Julio Ramos
Julio A. Ramos (b.
4 February 1935 inBuenos Aires –d.19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinianjournalist and businessman. On9 December 1976 he founded "Ámbito Financiero ", a newspaper specializing in finance and economy that was later expanded to cater to a wider audience.Ramos received a degree in Economics from the
University of Buenos Aires and worked as a journalist for "Noticias Gráficas ", "La Nación " and "La Opinión", among other media. He was a firm believer infree market liberalism . In 1985, Ramos ran unsuccessfully for the Deputy Chamber of theBuenos Aires Province in a center-right ticket. He also directed theInter American Press Association from 1986 to 1989.Ramos married twice and had five children, two of whom preceded him in death (one was electrocuted, and the other died in a car accident less than a month later). He had a personal friendship with former president
Carlos Menem . He also wrote the nonfiction books "Los cerrojos a la prensa" ("Locks on the Press", 1993) and "El periodismo atrasado" ("Set-back Journalism", 1996).He died of
leukemia in 2006.
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