Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez
Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez | |
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Portrait of Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez | |
| Born | Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez de la Victoria April 3, 1758 Bayamo, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Died | June 2, 1819 (aged 61) Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada |
| Occupation | Librarian, carpenter, journalist |
| Language | Spanish |
| Subject | Journalism |
| Notable works | El Semanario (1791) Papel Periódico de la Ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá (1791) El Redactor Americano (1806) El Alternativo del Redactor Americano (1807) La Constitución Feliz (1810) |
| Relatives | Manuel Baltasar Rodríguez (father) María Antonia de la Victoria (mother) |
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Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez (Bayamo, Captaincy General of Cuba, April 3, 1758 - Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada, June 2, 1819) was a Cuban journalist. He is considered to be the founder of journalism in Colombia. Five years before his arrival in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the 1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada earthquake had happened, described in the Aviso del Terremoto and published the day of the earthquake. This sparked the birth of journalism in Colombia, when Del Socorro started to report in 1791.