Dr. Rafael Molina Morillo (30 March 1930 – 2 April 2017) was a
lawyer
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,
journalist,
diplomat
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, and newspaper editor from the
Dominican Republic. He created Ahora! Publications which published
El Nacional newspaper and
Ahora! magazine. He also was editor of
Listín Diario newspaper and El Dia, a free newspaper in the Dominican Republic.
Morillo was president of the
Inter-American Press Association
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for the year 2006–07, succeeding
Diana Daniels
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, of
The Washington Post.
He died on 2 April 2017.
''¡Ahora!'' magazine
''¡Ahora!'' magazine was founded by noted journalist and ambassador Rafael Molina Morillo, in the
Dominican Republic.
It was founded in January 1961. Morillo has also edited it in the 1960.
On October 6, 1965, the offices of Ahora was bombed. Its printing equipment destroyed.
The ahora magazine was defined as champion on human rights. It has Ben estimated it is why it was targeted by radicals.
Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts
United States. Central Intelligence Agency 1965 World politics ''AHORA EQUIPMENT DESTROYED -- The destruction of the printing equipment of the weekly magazine AHORA , which occurred early this morning , has caused a great comotion in Santo Domingo . Observers believe AHORA has been destroyed by extreme rishtists because of the nationalistic trend of the magazine. The magazine, apart from attacking intervention, is known to have criticized the extreme rightists. (Santo Domingo Domestic Service Spanish 2100 GMT 6 October 1965--P).''
References
1930 births
2017 deaths
Dominican Republic diplomats
Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to the United States
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