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Nicolás Rivero Y Muñiz
Count Nicolás Lino del Rivero Fernández y Muñiz Cueli was a Spaniards, Spanish noble, made the 1st Count of Rivero by Alfonso XIII. He was a Carlism, Carlist guerrilla fighter who, after his failure in the Carlist Wars, was forcibly expelled from Spain. He did not remain away for long, sneaking back into Spain and eventually rising to the rank of Comandante and participating in the Battle of Montejurra. However, he soon returned to Cuba where he was made an editor of ''Diario de la Marina'', the oldest newspaper in Spanish colonial America, by the newspaper's creator. He was then promoted to become the newspaper's 13th Director, and transformed it into one of the most important newspapers in the history of Cuba, obtaining the unofficial title of ''Decano de a Presna (Decan of the Press)''. Rivero's first son, Nicolás Rivero Alonso, the 2nd Count of Rivero, became Cuba's first Ambassador to the Holy See in 1935. Rivero's second son, José Ignacio Rivero Alonso, inherited the man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Rivero Alonso
Nicolás Rivero y Alonso (15 December 1886-19 April 1946) was a Cuban journalist and diplomat. In 1909, he was a Cuban consul to Marseille, and one year later he became the inspector of consulates and administrator of the National Bank of Cuba. In 1919, after his father, Nicolás Rivero y Muñiz, was posthumously granted the title of the 1st Count of Rivero, he automatically became the 2nd Count of Rivero and also became the Administrator of his father's newspaper, ''Diario de la Marina'', for a time. In 1929, Rivero was appointed the position of Honorary Consul General of Hungary to Havana. His brother was José Ignacio Rivero Alonso ("Pepín" Rivero) who became the director of ''Diario de la Marina'' while Nicolás Rivero pursued the life of Cuban diplomacy. In 1935, Rivero became the first Cuban Ambassador to the Holy See, Cuban ambassador to the Holy See. He lived in Rome while serving in this post, at the official residence of the ambassador next to the Holy See, and also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
