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Agustín Edwards Eastman

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Chilean publisher and journalist (1927-2017)

JournalistsLived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89
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Agustín Iván Edmundo Edwards Eastman was a Chilean media proprietor, journalist and owner of El Mercurio SAP. Edwards inherited the family's newspaper company El Mercurio SAP, which publishes Chile's leading national dailies El Mercurio and La Segunda among others.

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Agustín Edwards Eastman (right) with Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet (courtesy: National Security Archive)Agustín Edwards Eastman (right) with Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet (courtesy: National Security Archive)Anakena Superyacht, Built in 1994 at Royal Huisman shipyard.Anakena Superyacht, Built in 1994 at Royal Huisman shipyard.

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1966Maria Moors Cabot Prizes

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Agustín Iván Edmundo Edwards Eastman was a Chilean media proprietor, journalist and owner of El Mercurio SAP. Edwards inherited the family's newspaper company El Mercurio SAP, which publishes Chile's leading national dailies El Mercurio and La Segunda among others. Known for his right-wing views, Edwards used El Mercurio SAP's newspapers to influence public opinion in Chile and supported the 1973 coup d'état to oust socialist President Salvador Allende.

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Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1927 to 2017 · aged 89
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8 languages

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