Eduardo Schaerer [SEP] place of death
Eduardo Schaerer
Eduardo Schaerer Vera y Aragón (December 2, 1873 in Caazapá – November 12, 1941 in Buenos Aires) was a Swiss-Paraguayan businessman, publisher, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Republic of Paraguay for the constitutional term 1912–1916.
Schaerer was succeeded by Dr. Manuel Franco on August 15, 1916. Ex-president Schaerer continued in public service as a senator in 1921 and founded the newspaper La Tribuna (The Tribune) in 1925.
Schaerer was born in Caazapá, on
persecution. Their crusade in favor of the Free Press in Paraguay gained attention abroad. In 1953, the newspaper's director, Arturo Schaerer, received the María Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University.
History.
"La Tribuna" was founded in Asunción on December 31, 1925, by former Paraguayan president Eduardo Schaerer. "La Tribuna" was not Schaerer's first media outlet. In 1905, Eduardo Schaerer founded "The Journal" alongside Guadalberto Cardús Huerta and Adolfo Riquelme.
After the death of President José Félix