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, on ''El Nuevo Diario'''s Website.Founder, Publisher of El Nuevo Diario Dies at 75 ''Tico Times'', 11 January 2008 was a Nicaraguan journalist. He began his career working at his father’s newspaper, ''La Prensa'', and in 1980 became founding editor and publisher of ''
El Nuevo Diario
''El Nuevo Diario'' was a Nicaraguan newspaper, with offices in the capital Managua.
History
In 1980, the owner of ''La Prensa'' fired the editor Xavier Chamorro Cardenal. Eighty percent of the papers employees left with Chamorro Cardena due t ...
'', a competitor newspaper.
Background
Xavier was born in
Granada, Nicaragua
Granada () is a city in western Nicaragua and the capital of the Granada Department. With an estimated population of 104,980 (2021), it is Nicaragua's ninth most populous city. Granada is historically one of Nicaragua's most important cities, econ ...
, a son of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Zelaya and his wife Margarita Cardenal Argüello.Chamorro's great-grandfather was
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (29 June 1818 in Granada – 7 June 1890 in Granada) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1875 to 1 March 1879 and a member of the conservative dominant oligarchy Chamorro family.
Background
He was a son o ...
, 39th
President of Nicaragua
The president of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua. The office was ...
. He was also a relative of Leonardo Argüello.
Xavier had two brothers, Jaime and Pedro Joaquín, who succeeded their father as publisher of ''
La Prensa ''La Prensa'' ("The Press") is a frequently used name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world. It may refer to:
Argentina
* ''La Prensa'' (Buenos Aires)
* , a current publication of Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz
Bolivia
* ''La Prensa'' (La Paz ...
'' newspaper. They had two sisters, Ligia and Ana María.
Career
Prior to 1980, Chamorro Cardenal had worked with ''
La Prensa ''La Prensa'' ("The Press") is a frequently used name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world. It may refer to:
Argentina
* ''La Prensa'' (Buenos Aires)
* , a current publication of Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz
Bolivia
* ''La Prensa'' (La Paz ...
'', a well-known Conservative publication. It had published criticism of the government. After his brother and editor Pedro Joaquín was assassinated in 1978 by alleged forces of
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of ...
, Xavier took over as editor of the paper.
In 1980, he left ''La Prensa,'' taking eighty percent of the staff with him, as they favored the Sandinistas. Together, they founded ''El Nuevo Diario'', with Chamorro Cardenal as director and editor. The newspaper provided a different political view from that of ''La Prensa''. The paper shut down in 2019.
Personal life
Xavier Chamorro Cardenal married Sonia García Cordova. They had five children together: Francisco Xavier, Margarita, Gabriel, Ana María, and Juan Sebastián.
He also was a professional engineer and an amateur radio operator.
Chamorro Cardenal died in Managua on 4 January 2008, reportedly of heart disease.
See also
*
Chamorro family Chamorro may refer to:
* Chamorro people, the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific
* Chamorro language, an Austronesian language indigenous to The Marianas
* Chamorro Time Zone, the time zone of Guam and the Northern Mar ...