Pablo Piacentini (died 2017) was an Argentinian political scientist, journalist and activist. In 1964 he cofounded the
Inter Press Service (IPS) with the Italian journalist
Roberto Savio.
Life
Born in
Buenos Aires
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[Pablo Piacentini]
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when he and Savio founded the Roman Press Service together in 1961.[ Roberto Savio]
Pablo Piacentini has left us
''Other News'', March 2, 2017. The Inter Press Service grew out of the Roman Press Service in 1964. Piacentini served the IPS in various capacities: as Editorial Director, Chief Editor, Director of the Economics Service and head of the IPS Columnist Service.[Thalif Deen]
Pablo Piacentini: a Visionary Far Ahead of his Time
Inter Press Service, June 15, 2019.
In 1974 Piacentini founded ''Tercer Mundo'', an intellectual left-wing Argentinian monthly.
Works
* ''Chile: una tragedia americana'', Buenos Aires: Ediciones de crisis, 1974
* 'Terror in Argentina', '' Index on Censorship'', Vol. 6, Issue 2 (1977) pp.3-7
* (ed.) ''Story Earth: Native Voices on the Environment'', San Francisco: Mercury House, 1993
References
Year of birth missing
2017 deaths
Argentine journalists
Male journalists
Argentine activists
Argentine political scientists
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