José Ignacio Rivero place of birth Havana
Biography
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 1919. 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.
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