# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angel-rivero-mendez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:33:41.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angel-rivero-mendez"
name: "Ángel Rivero Méndez"
slug: "angel-rivero-mendez"
description: "Ángel Rivero Méndez was a Puerto Rican soldier, writer, journalist and a businessman. Rivero Méndez was a Captain in the Spanish Army during the Spanish–American War and is credited with ordering the first shot against the United States in Puerto Rico in said conflict. After the war, he became a US Citizen and upon his retirement, he wrote Crónica de la guerra hispano-americana en Puerto Rico, a chronicle of the Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico. He is also credited with inventing a carbonated drink called Kola Champagne which is still sold today."
tagline: "Puerto Rican soldier, journalist and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AngelRiveroMendez.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1856-10-02"
deathDate: "1930-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.16
  momentum:             0.02724795640326975
  historical:           4.813248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "أنخيل ريفيرو منديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "انخيل ريفيرو منديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Rivero_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Ángel Rivero Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Rivero_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Ángel Rivero Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Rivero_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Ángel Rivero Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump