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La Tribuna (Paraguay)
''La Tribuna'' was one of the most important daily newspapers in Paraguay's history. It was founded in 1925 in Asunción by Eduardo Schaerer, and was the country's leading newspaper for five decades. ''La Tribuna'' was the first Paraguayan paper to be widely published across the country. Politically, ''La Tribuna'' was positioned between liberal politics, liberalism and traditional national politics. It opposed especially the dictatorial regimes of Higinio Morínigo and Alfredo Stroessner. During these dictatorial regimes, the editors became the target of persecution. Their crusade in favor of the Freedom of the press, Free Press in Paraguay gained attention abroad. In 1953, the newspaper's director, Arturo Schaerer, received the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, María Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University. History ''La Tribuna'' was founded in Asunción on December 31, 1925, by former Paraguayan president Eduardo Schaerer. ''La Tribuna'' was not Schaerer's first media outlet. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo La Tribuna
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a Typographic ligature, ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon (publishing), colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper's Online Etymology Dictionary states that the term 'logo' used in 1937 "probably a shortening of logogram". History Numerous inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Schaerer
Arturo Oscar Schaerer HeiseckeParaguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015 (October 7, 1907 - December 17, 1979) was a Paraguayan businessman, publisher and journalist. He was the son of the 25. President of Paraguay, Eduardo Schaerer and grandson of Swiss colonizer Santiago Schaerer. Early life and education Schaerer was born October 7, 1907, in Asuncion, Paraguay to Eduardo and Matilde (née Heisecke) Schaerer. His father was the 25. President of Paraguay between 1912 and 1916 and founder of the daily newspaper La Tribuna. He was a grandson of Santiago Schaerer, a Swiss colonizer who hailed originally from Vordemwald, Switzerland and of Christian Heisecke, a native of Hamburg, Germany, a consul of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and The Netherlands in Paraguay. Schaerer was, like his father, a dual citizen of Switzerland and Paraguay. He studied at Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. Career On December 31, 1925, his father Eduardo Schaerer founded the newspaper La Tribuna, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Ruiz Apezteguia
Carlos Ruiz Apezteguía (July 7, 1930, in Concepción, Paraguay – May 15, 1995, in Asuncion, Paraguay, was a Paraguayan journalist and entrepreneur. Life Born in the city of Concepción, Paraguay, his parents were Mr. Pedro Ruiz Gomez, Spanish son and director of the Spanish company Segura Latorre in Paraguay, and Mrs. Julia Apezteguía Casañas, daughter of Basque Spaniards. He was married to Myriam Schaerer Ayala, eldest daughter of Arturo Schaerer and granddaughter of Eduardo Schaerer, the President of Paraguay between 1912 and 1916. Journalism and legacy His studies were conducted at the German School in Asuncion and San Jose High School. He later studied at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay, and then law at the National University of Asuncion. From a young age he joined the Liberal Party and became one of its leading exponents. Between 1952 and 1954 he was President of the Liberal Alon Party, the youth wing of the Liberal Party, as well as the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Paraguay)
The Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal), commonly known as the Blue Party ( es, Partido Azul) Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p413 was a political party in Paraguay, ruling the country for most of the period between 1904 and 1940. History The party was established in 1887 to represent the interests of landowners and middle class merchants.Nohlen, p414 The Colorado Party was established in the same year and was dominant until the Liberal Revolution in 1904, after which the Liberal Party remained in government for almost the entire period until 1940. However, the party was dissolved by Higinio Morinigo in 1942,Nohlen, p428 and by the end of the 1947 revolution the Colorado Party was the only one left in the country.Nohlen, p415 The Liberal Party continued to exist abroad and in 1963 the Renewal Group faction returned to the country to become the "official" opposition to the Stroessner regime. This caused a split in the party, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Félix Estigarribia
José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde (February 21, 1888 in Caraguatay – September 7, 1940 in Altos) was a Paraguayan military officer, politician and president. He was Commander in Chief of the Paraguayan Army during the Chaco War (1932-1935), and later served as President of Paraguay from August 15, 1939, until his death in a plane crash on September 7, 1940. He is known for being one of the military officers of the Paraguayan Army who led Paraguay to victory in the Chaco War against Bolivia, having been an excellent military strategist during the war and becoming a war hero, being posthumously promoted to the rank of Field Marshal by Decree-Law No. 2984 of the Government of Higinio Morínigo, in date September 7, 1940. Early life Estigarribia was of humble origin, the son of a peasant and silversmith, Mateo Estigarribia, and Casilda Insaurralde. He was born in the rural town of San Roque near Santa Elena, Cordillera Department, Paraguay. He went to the elementary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an Discipline (academia), academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the historiography, nature of history as an end in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence. It is a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world. Columbia was established by royal charter under George II of Great Britain. It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution, and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In 1896, the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University. Columbia scientists and scholars have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Moors Cabot Prizes
The Maria Moors Cabot Prizes are the oldest international awards in the field of journalism. They are presented each fall by the Trustees of Columbia University to journalists in the Western hemisphere who are viewed as having made a significant contributions to upholding freedom of the press in the Americas and Inter-American understanding. Since 2003, the prize can be awarded to an organization instead of an individual. Award The American Boston industrialist and philanthropist, Godfrey Lowell Cabot, who founded the Cabot Corporation and was also a major benefactor of both MIT and Harvard, where the general science library is named in his honor, established the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes in 1938, in memory of his wife. The prizes have been awarded annually since 1939, by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, on recommendation of the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and the Cabot Prize Board, which is composed of journalists and educators. The award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Of The Press
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic News media, media, especially publication, published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely. Such freedom implies the absence of interference from an overreaching State (polity), state; its preservation may be sought through constitution or other legal protection and security. Without respect to governmental information, any government may distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public. State materials are protected due to either one of two reasons: the classified information, classification of information as sensitive, classified or secret, or the relevance of the information to protecting the national interest. Many governments are also subject to "sunshine laws" or freedom of information legislation that are used to define the ambit of national interest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Schaerer
Eduardo Schaerer Vera y Aragón (2 December 1873 – 12 November 1941) was a Swiss-Paraguayan businessman, publisher, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Republic of Paraguay between 1912 and 1916. Schaerer was succeeded by Manuel Franco on 15 August 1916. Ex-president Schaerer continued in public service as a senator in 1921 and founded the newspaper '' La Tribuna'' (The Tribune) in 1925. Schaerer was born in Caazapá, on 2 December 1873 to Santiago Schaerer and Elizabeth Vera y Aragon. His father was a notable Swiss colonizer (from Vordemwald, Aargau), and the special character that distinguished Schaerer was inherited from him. Schaerer married to Matilde Heisecke (daughter of Christian Heisecke, a German diplomat and consul of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). She had seven children with him, including Arturo Schaerer Heisecke, director of '' La Tribuna'' after his father and a recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, a journalism award of the Columbia Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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