Leví Vega Martínez (September 11, 1927 – September 25, 2002) was one of the most prominent

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

n journalists.

Life

Born in

Liberia, Guanacaste Liberia () is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, located northwest of the national capital, San José, Costa Rica, San José, in the Liberia (canton), canton with the same name, of which it is the head city ...

, Vega started working for the local government as young as 17 years old, later he worked as a cymbalist in Liberia's Band where he combined his self-taught job with journalist tasks like reporting different news from Guanacaste. Later on he worked as a telegraphist reporting news to the country's capital San José.

Works and recognition

After that he worked at '' Diario del País'' and then he moved to ''

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Nac ...

'', one of the most prestigious dailies in the country where he worked for more than 50 years. During this period he developed his passion for agriculture journalism traveling around the world and visiting countries like China, Japan,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, Germany, Israel, Spain, United States, and all South American countries in a regular basis to report news and find information that could be applied by agricultural communities in

. His efforts were broadly recognized winning many journalism awards from many local and international institutions, among them the country's most prestigious award is the Pío Víquez National Award which he won in 1984. After his retirement he continued working and traveling in daily ''La República'' where he founded the magazine '' Nuestro Agro'' (Our Agro) until his last days. Vega made some international publications along with UN's FAO and many collaborations for local newspapers, books and magazines. He died from colon cancer at age 75. Surviving spouse Anita Morales and his children Luis Román, Vicky and José Elías Vega Morales.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vega Martinez, Levi 1927 births Costa Rican journalists Male journalists 2002 deaths Deaths from cancer in Costa Rica Deaths from colorectal cancer People from Guanacaste Province 20th-century journalists