Viceroyalty of New Granada
Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez (Bayamo, Captaincy General of Cuba, April 3, 1758 - Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada, June 2, 1819) was a Cuban journalist. He is considered to be the founder of journalism in Colombia. Five years before his arrival in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the 1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada earthquake had happened, described in the "Aviso del Terremoto" and published the day of the earthquake. This sparked the birth of journalism in Colombia, when Del Socorro started to report in 1791.