Ignacio E. “Nacho” Lozano Jr., a previous publisher of the Spanish language paper La Opinión, client of theater arts and previous U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, passed away Wednesday. He was 96.
Lozano passed away surrounded by household at the home of among his 4 kids, child Monica Lozano.
In a homage to him, she composed: “What is the meaning of a fantastic male? If it is to live life to its max, to optimize our time in the world pursuing justice for those who suffer the best oppression, to promote flexibility of journalism and the right to info that is objective and independent, flexibility from injustice, flexibility to move, liberty from tyranny, then that guy is Ignacio Lozano.”
“If it is to reveal others that life can be jubilant and caring and there are couple of treasures as abundant as household, then that is Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.” she continued.
Lozano, born in San Antonio, Texas, was the kid of Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. and Alicia Elizondo Lozano, who were immigrants from Mexico. His moms and dads established La Prensa in San Antonio– Texas’ very first Spanish-language paper– and after that began La Opinión in Los Angeles in 1926. The latter became a nationwide and worldwide publishing business, ImpreMedia, which was gotten by MyCodea media start-up, in 2015.
Lozano Jr. started operating at La Opinión after finishing from the University of Notre Dame, while his daddy concentrated on La Prensa. He then took control of publishing La Opinión after his daddy passed away. As California’s Latino population started to broaden, so did the paper, leaping from 22,000 copies released in 1977 to 70,000 in 1986, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1987.
With him at the helm, the paper went from covering simply Mexican news to reporting on other parts of Latin America, and likewise broadened its reporting on Los Angeles and Latinos, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“He left me with a tradition and with a business worth dedicating my life to,” Lozano stated of his dad in the short article by the Times.
Lozano was selected to act as ambassador to El Salvador by previous President Gerald Ford in 1976 however left that post when Jimmy Carter was chosen president.
Lozano likewise was director of Bank of America, the Walt Disney Co., Pacific Life and Sempra Energy and belonged to the board of trustees at University of Notre Dame, where he studied journalism.
After cutting down on his publishing work, Lozano ended up being associated with Los Angeles theater and assisted improve the work of Hispanic playwrights, the Times reported.
“I’ve been ‘the Latino’ on sufficient mainstream neighborhood companies,” he informed the paper. “It’s time I dedicated more attention to things that intrigue me as a Latino, things that reveal an interest in the Latino neighborhood and culture.”
Monica Lozano, who functioned as handling editor and later on publisher of La Opinión, stated her daddy when took legal action against the federal company that was then referred to as the Immigration and Naturalization Service for hindering a La Opinión’s newsgathering work. She stated he led a delegation to protect the release of Argentine reporter and author Jacobo Timmerman, throughout what was called the Dirty Warwhich was waged by Argentina’s military dictatorship versus presumed dissidents from 1976 to 1983. She stated he commanded the Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa‘s objections to Mexican federal government control of media.
“While he lived out his worths through an amazing expert life, it was his individual quality that made his life so cheerful and daring,” Monica Lozano composed in her homage.
She called him a “ultimate writer” who loved her mom, Marta, who passed away in 2018.
The couple had 4 kids: Leticia, José, Monica and Francisco. He likewise is made it through by 9 grandchildren, consisting of Alicia Victoria Lozano, a California-based press reporter for NBC News.
