Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez de la Victoria

This sparked the birth of journalism in Colombia, when Del Socorro started to report in 1791.

• Name — Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez • Birth Name — Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez de la Victoria • Born — 3 April 1758 • Birthplace — Bayamo, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire • Died — 2 June 1819 • Place of death — Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada • Occupation — Librarian, carpenter, journalist • Language — Spanish • Subject — Journalism • Notable Works — El Semanario (1791) Papel Periódico de la Ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá (1791) El Redactor Americano (1806) El Alternativo del Redactor Americano (1807) La Constitución Feliz (1810) • Relatives — Manuel Baltasar Rodríguez (father) María Antonia de la Victoria (mother)

Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez was born in Bayamo, Cuba with parents Manuel Baltasar Rodríguez and María Antonia de la Victoria. Approximately in June 1790, he left the Caribbean island for Cartagena in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, present-day Colombia. Del Socorro embarked on a boat sailing the Magdalena River and reached Honda, Tolima. From there, he went to Bogotá. In 1791, Del Socorro started publishing El Semanario. After this initial newspaper, he published Papel Periódico de la Ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá in the same year, El Redactor Americano in 1806 and El Alternativo del Redactor Americano in 1807. Reporting about the Colombian independence movement from Spain, he published La Constitución Feliz in 1810. Del Socorro Rodríguez died in the capital on June 3, 1819, before the factual independence was established.

Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez de la Victoria is recorded with the occupation journalist. Recorded as journalist, librarian, writer, poet and essayist.