Isidoro Araujo de Lira
Isidoro Araujo de Lira | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner | |
| In office 1848 and 1850 | |
| Founder and director of Diario de la Marina | |
| In office 1839 or 1844 – 1861 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1816 |
| Died | May 7, 1861 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Pistol duel |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Spain |
| Branch/service | Havana defense battalions |
| Years of service | 1850-1851 |
| Battles/wars | Lopez Expedition |
| Commanders | |
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Don Isidoro Araujo de Lira was a Spanish journalist, writer and businessman who emigrated to the colony of Spanish Cuba and created the newspaper Diario de la Marina, what would become the longest-running newspaper in Cuba until its dissolution in 1960.
His grandsons include the journalist Isidoro Bugallal and the conservative politician Gabino Bugallal, President of the Spanish Council of Ministers briefly during the Restoration period.