José Ignacio Rivero
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| Born | October 28, 1920 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | August 3, 2011 Miami, Florida, US |
| Alma mater | Marquette University |
| Title | Director of Diario de la Marina |
| Spouse | Mariíta Mederos Beci |
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José Ignacio Rivero y Hernández ("Pepinillo" Rivero) was a Cuban exile and journalist. He is the grandson of Don Nicolas Rivero, who in 1895 became the director of Diario de la Marina, then the most popular newspaper in Cuba, and the son of Pepin Rivero, who took over the newspaper upon the death of Don Nicolas in 1919. After the newspaper's public battle with Fidel Castro, Rivero was exiled from Cuba.
He is the first cousin of Felipe Rivero, the director of the Cuban Nationalist Association at the time that they were implicated in the firing of a bazooka at the United Nations headquarters in 1964.