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Eduardo Pérez IribarneA communicator and priest, originally from Spain, and naturalized Bolivian citizen. He arrived in Bolivia as en envoy for the Jesuit order four decades ago and immediately began to work in radio and television. He has been the director of Radio FIDES for over a quarter century and continues to conduct an interview and political analysis segment.
Pedro Rivero Mercado
A journalist and writer born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. He is the founder and director of the El Deber newspaper, the largest in the country, which he founded over fifty years ago. Currently it is run by his oldest son. He is also a novelist, having published four novels to date. He was awarded the National Journalism Prize in 2010.
The Canelas Family
Journalists from Cochabamba. The father, Demetrio Canelas, founded the Los Tiempos newspaper, the largest in Cochabamba, which was later directed for over twenty years by his son, Carlos Canelas, and later by his nephew, Alfonso Canelas. Other member of the family, Jorge Canelas, was also a director of the La Razón newspaper of La Paz and later became a diplomat. The members of this family are the majority shareholders in the Grupo Líder, which controls three important national newspapers.