Juan Bustos Valenzuela
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Juan Bustos Valenzuela | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1933 – 15 May 1937 | |
| Constituency | 17th Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1874 |
| Died | |
| Party | Democratic Party |
Juan Bautista Bustos Valenzuela (born 19 August 1874) was a Chilean journalist, printer, and politician. A pioneer of working-class journalism in Chile, he served as a deputy during the XXXVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile, representing the 17th Departamental Grouping between 1933 and 1937.[1]
Bustos Valenzuela was born in Chillán on 19 August 1874, the son of Anastasio Bustos Aguayo and Candelaria Valenzuela Reyes. He completed his studies in Yumbel.[1]
He worked as a journalist and typographer and is regarded as one of the precursors of working-class journalism in Chile. In 1890, he founded the newspaper El Pueblo in Valparaíso, followed by numerous other publications throughout the country, including La Vanguardia (Quillota), El Calerano (La Calera), La Reforma (La Cruz and Curanilahue), La Verdad (Tomé), La Razón (Talcahuano), El Pueblo (Coronel), and La Época (Concepción), among others.[1]
In 1892, he founded the Sociedad de Tipógrafos in Valparaíso, the first resistance-based workers’ organization in Chile, serving as its president in several periods. He was also the owner of several printing presses, some of them clandestine, including the La Época printing house in Concepción. In 1894, he was awarded a literary prize in Valparaíso.[1]