I G LE SI A 



ALVARO DE LA IGLESIA Y SANTOS 



Journalist; author. 



Alvaro de la Iglesia y Santos was 

 born in la Coruna, Spain, on the fifth of 

 April, 1859, and came to Cuba in 1874, 

 where for thirty-eight years he has lived 

 the life of an active journalist, having served 

 as editor or contributor on all the leading 

 papers in Havana. 



He founded El Mundo, one of the most 

 influential of Cuban newspapers, and is the 

 dean of its editorial staff: he is also one of 

 the editors of La Discusion on which he has 

 served since before the War of Indepen- 

 dence. He was editor-in-chief of La Epoca 

 of Havana and of La Region of Matanzas. 

 He was also the founder of La Familia 

 Cristiana of Havana which he published 

 for two years. 



He has never held public office. 



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