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He served as manager of the newspaper El Día and was a prominent sports leader. One of the main football stadiums in Uruguay bears his name, as does an important street in Montevideo. His presidency was highlighted by his denunciation against the government of General Juan Domingo Perón, in Argentina

He was an outstanding editor, fore runner of the defense of natural resources and the environment and a constant friend of the relations between the north and the south of the hemisphere. Under his presidency the statutes of the IAPA were created. He died in 1961.

Journalist and ecuadorian diplomat. Director of El Comercio, Quito. It belonged to the second generation of the founding family of the newspaper. Together with his brother Jorge Mantilla Ortega they alternated his address. He was the first president of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA).