Miró Quesada family
| Miró Quesada family | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Place of origin | Spain, Panama |
| Founder | Tomás Gómez Miró Josefa de Quesada |
The Miró Quesada family is a Peruvian business family.[1] The family is considered one of the most powerful groups in the country, due to the business conglomerate in media, mining, tourism, and banking that is under its ownership.[2] Most notably, the family is the owner of El Comercio Group,[3][4][5] a media conglomerate that owns the newspaper of the same name.
History[edit]
The family traces its origins to Tomás Miró and his wife Josefa de Quesada, who left San Juan de Penonomé in Panama towards Peru in 1847. They had six children: Antonio, Luis, Aurelio, Óscar, Miguel and Josefa "Pepita" Miró Quesada.[6] Of these children, Antonio (Panama; January 19, 1845 — Lima; October 30, 1930) became the sole owner of El Comercio, a newspaper originally founded in 1839 by José Manuel Amunátegui y Muñoz (Chile, June 3, 1802 — Lima October 21, 1886) and Alejandro Villota (Buenos Aires, 1803 — Paris, February 20, 1861),[7] after the death of co-owner Luis Carranza Ayarza in 1898 as part of an arrangement between both parties.[8] Since then, different branches of the family have been closely involved with both the newspaper and the media conglomerate of the same name.[9]
Notable members[edit]
- Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra (1875–1935), director of El Comercio
- Carlos Miró-Quesada Laos (1903–1969), diplomat and fascist politician
- César Miró Quesada (1907–1999), writer and composer
- Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra (1884–1981), scientific journalist
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Mendoza Michilot, María (2013). 100 años de periodismo en el Perú: 1900-1948 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). pp. 425–426. ISBN 978-9972-45-276-5. OCLC 871325948.
- ^ Wiener, Raúl (2006-04-05). "Familia periodística de alto vuelo". ALAI.
- ^ "Dismissal of news director of Peru's main television stations worsens credibility crisis in the press during polarized elections". Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "Peru's Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters". Reuters. 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ Dube, Ryan (2014-01-02). "Battle Brews Over Media Influence in Peru". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "Antonio Tomás Miró Quesada de la Guerra" (PDF). Congreso de la República.
- ^ Gargurevich Regal, Juan (1972). Mito y verdad de los diarios de Lima (in Spanish). Ed. Gráf. Labor. p. 10. OCLC 253847739.
- ^ Contreras Carranza, Carlos (2019-05-14). "Don Luis Carranza Ayarza". El Comercio.
- ^ Ñiquen G., Alberto (2015-02-19). "¿El fin del capitalismo familiar de los Miró Quesada?". La Mula.