Ovidio Lagos
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Ovidio Lagos (31 August 1825 – 13 August 1891) was a journalist, businessman and politician born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lagos worked as a clerk and then as a typographist in a state printing press. He was a supporter of the federalist cause, which brought him trouble, forcing him to flee to Paraná. He then came back to Buenos Aires and advocated the re-joining of the city with the Argentine Confederation.
He became an editor and columnist in a newspaper, and wrote supporting President Manuel Quintana's proposal to move the seat of the federal authorities to the city of Rosario, 300 km away from Buenos Aires, on the Paraná River. In 1867, the caudillo Justo José de Urquiza, interviewed by Lagos, sponsored the idea and provided funding for a newspaper to advocate this cause in Rosario. On November 15 of that year the first edition of the La Capital newspaper was published.
Lagos defended his political convictions vehemently, which caused La Capital to be shut down by the authorities on several occasions. On 13 May 1877 Lagos was arrested for ten days.
In 1887 Lagos was elected as a national representative (diputado) for the province of Santa Fe. He died in 1891, a few days before his 66th birthday.
Source
- [Short biography] from La Capital newspaper, online edition, commemorating the 180th anniversary of the birth of its founder.
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