José Luis Manzano  José Luis Manzano (born March 9, 1956 in Tupungato, Mendoza province, Argentina) is an Argentine businessman and former politician. He is currently a partner in the second largest multimedia group in his country, Grupo América, and has investments in several economic sectors, including energy, wine, and apparel. Born in Tupungato, Mendoza, he studied medicine at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and specialized in occupational medicine, and later completed two postgraduate programs at Georgetown University in the United States. He had outstanding experience in the civil service. Between 1983 and 1989 he was national deputy for Mendoza Province; in the Lower House of the Congress of the Argentine Nation, he presided over the block of the Justicialista Party. Between 1989 and 1993 he was party secretary. Between 1989 and 1992 he served as the Interior Minister in the cabinet of President Carlos Saúl Menem. In 1996 Manzano joined with business partners to form a powerful media group, Grupo América, which quickly grew to its spot today as the second largest media company in Argentina. The firm owns 49 media outlets from all over Argentina and includes radio, TV, digital content, and graphics. In 2007, Manzano and Vila founded Andes Energy, an oil company which includes Alfredo Vila, Luis Nofal and Jorge Aidar Bestene on its board. He is also the president of Integra Capital, an international investment services firm. Manzano is an experienced investor and frequently speaks around the world on issues such as investment, media, energy and distressed industries, according to the firm. José Luis Manzano studied Medicine at the National University of Cuyo. He was a visiting scholar at both Georgetown University and the University of California, San Diego. He has lectured at prestigious universities in Argentina, Japan, Europe and the United States and has received several international awards. He is also president of the Postgraduates Foundation of the Congress, in Mendoza, where he was a former member of its administration board. Resettling in Argentina in 1996, Manzano and entrepreneur Daniel Vila created UNO Medios, also known as Grupo Uno (Group One) or Group Vila-Manzano. They also established Supercanal Holding AS, now valued at more than $800 million. Grupo Uno acquired the Buenos Aires-based TV channel América 2, in partnership with the politician and businessman Francisco de Narvaez.