What is Agustín Edwards Eastman?
{{Infobox person | name = Agustín Edwards Eastman | image = 15-01-14-Agustín Edwards Eastman.jpg | caption = Edwards in 2014 |birth_name = Agustín Iván Edmundo Edwards Eastman | nationality = [[Chile]]an | education = | occupation = newspaper publisher }} '''Agustín Iván Edmundo Edwards Eastman''' (24 November 1927 &ndash; 24 April 2017) was a Chilean newspaper publisher. He was one of the richest people in Chile. He inherited his family's newspaper company [[El Mercurio SAP]], which publishes Chile's leading national dailies ''[[El Mercurio]]'' and ''[[La Segunda]]''. He was born in [[Paris]]. Eastman has been described as a [[media baron]], and was known for his right-wing views. Throughout his time as publisher, he has used El Mercurio SAP's newspapers to influence public opinion in Chile, and he supported the [[Chilean coup of 1973|1973 coup d'état]] to oust socialist President [[Salvador Allende]]. According to the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[Church Committee]], he was one of the main Chilean participants in the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s [[Operation Mockingbird]] campaign to influence the media in Latin American countries. Eastman died on 24 April 2017 in [[Graneros]], [[Chile]] from [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.eldinamo.cl/nacional/2017/04/24/a-los-89-anos-fallece-agustin-edwards-eastman-dueno-del-diario-el-mercurio/ A los 89 años fallece Agustín Edwards Eastman, dueño del diario El Mercurio]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.poderopedia.org/cl/personas/Agustin_Edwards Perfil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723051309/http://www.poderopedia.org/cl/personas/Agustin_Edwards |date=2017-07-23 }} {{in lang|es}} * [http://www.genealog.cl/Chile/E/Edwards/#75/#EdwardsEastman,AgustínE. Agustín Edwards Eastman] {{in lang|es}} * [http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/site/artic/20100130/pags/20100130203232.html Líos de familia: La oscura historia detrás del edificio de el Mercurio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web