Isidoro Araujo de Lira

Isidoro Araujo de Lira
Commissioner
In office
1848 and 1850
Founder and director of Diario de la Marina
In office
1839 or 1844  1861
Personal details
BornJanuary 2, 1816
Bouzas
DiedMay 7, 1861
Havana
Cause of deathPistol duel
Military service
AllegianceSpain
Branch/serviceHavana defense battalions
Years of service1850-1851
Battles/warsLopez Expedition
Commanders

Don Isidoro Araujo de Lira was a Spanish journalist, writer and businessman who emigrated to the colony of Spanish Cuba and created the newspaper Diario de la Marina, what would become the longest-running newspaper in Cuba until its dissolution in 1960.

His grandsons include the journalist Isidoro Bugallal and the conservative politician Gabino Bugallal, President of the Spanish Council of Ministers briefly during the Restoration period.