FERNANDEZ 



WIFREDO FERNANDEZ 



Journalist; public man. 



Wifredo Fernandez y Vega was born 

 in Consolacion del Sur, Pinar del Rio, on 

 the eleventh of October, 1881, and gained 

 his early education in his native town at 

 the Colegio "La Union" where he com- 

 pleted the courses for the Bachelor's degree. 



At the close of the War of Independence 

 in 1898 he went to Spain, but in 1900 he 

 returned to Cuba, settled in Havana and 

 entered upon the career of a journalist. 

 While he was still a student he had served 

 on the staff of more than one newspaper 

 and now at the age of eighteen he became 

 one of the editors of El Comer do where he 

 devoted himself so vigorously to his duties 

 that three years later, on attaining his 

 majority, he was made Editor-in-Chief 

 which position he has maintained. Mean- 



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