Rafael Molina Morillo Explained

Dr. Rafael Molina Morillo (30 March 1930 – 2 April 2017) was a lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and newspaper editor from the Dominican Republic. He created Ahora! Publications which published El Nacional newspaper and Ahora! magazine. He also was editor of Listín Diario newspaper and El Dia, a free newspaper in the Dominican Republic.^[1]

Morillo was president of the Inter-American Press Association for the year 2006–07,^[2] succeeding Diana Daniels, of The Washington Post.

He died on 2 April 2017.^[3]

¡Ahora! magazine

¡Ahora! magazine^[4] was founded by noted journalist and ambassador Rafael Molina Morillo, in the Dominican Republic.

It was founded in January 1961.^[5] Morillo has also edited it in the 1960.^[6]

On October 6, 1965, the offices of Ahora was bombed. Its printing equipment destroyed.^[7]

The ahora magazine was defined as champion on human rights. It has been assumed that is why it was targeted by radicals.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. News: Muere emblemático periodista Rafael Molina Morillo. 2 April 2017. Diario Libre. 2017-04-14. es-ES.
2. Web site: Inicio- Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa. sipiapa.com. 5 April 2017.
3. News: SIP rendirá homenaje a Rafael Molina Morillo por trayectoria. Herrera. Dalton. 12 April 2017. Listin Diario. 2017-04-14. es.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=ivMvAAAAYAAJ&q=shukairy Ahora, Issue 95; Issue 101; Issue 119; Issue 124; Issue 133; Issue 136; Issue 143; Issue 162; Issue 186. Publicaciones !Ahora!, 1965
5. https://diariodominicano.com/cultura/2015/01/15/188569/el-dia-que-salio-la-revista-ahora El día que salió la Revista Ahora
6. Book: Sang, Mu-Kien Adriana. La política exterior dominicana, 1961-1974: La política exterior dominicana : del caos al abandono, 1961-1974. 2002. Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Dominicana. es.
7. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40770476/ October 6, 1965
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys0HAQAAIAAJ&q=%22infirieron+el+5+de+octubre+de+1965%22 Frank Moya Pons, "Prensa y política en la República Dominicana," FORUM, 1984, p.89
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=jqHrPTfNUmwC&pg=RA22-PP1