Nicolás Rivero y Alonso (15 December 1886-19 April 1946) was a Cuban journalist and diplomat. In 1909, he was a Cuban consul to

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, 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 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 fr ...

, 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 ''Diario de la Marina'' was a newspaper published in Cuba, founded by Don Araujo de Lira in 1839. ''Diario de la Marina'' was Cuba’s longest-running newspaper. Its roots went back to 1813 with ''El Lucero de la Habana'' (The Havana Star) and ...

'', 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 Don José Ignacio "Pepín" Rivero y Alonso was a Cuban journalist and the 14th director of ''Diario de la Marina'', which was the oldest and most popular newspaper in Cuba. He is considered to be "one of the most subtle writers of his time and on ...

("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

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. He lived in

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while serving in this post, at the official residence of the ambassador next to the

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, and also served as the 3rd

Cuban ambassador to Austria Cuban or Cubans may refer to: Related to Cuba * of or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban Americ ...

.Cfr. Percy Alvin, Who’s who in Latin America, op. cit., pp. 343-344

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1886 births 1946 deaths Cuban diplomats Cuban Christians Cuban journalists {{Cuba-bio-stub

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