Miguel Ángel Rivera
Miguel Ángel Rivera (1876 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer, journalist and politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.
A member of the Radical Party, Rivera represented Angol and Traiguén from 1912 to 1915. During his term, he was a member of the Permanent Commission of Legislation and Justice.
Rivera had previously entered the Chamber on 16 October 1910 as the replacement for Fernando Manterola de la Fuente, representing Angol, Traiguén, Mariluán and Collipulli for the remainder of the 1909–1912 term. During that period, he served as a substitute member of the Permanent Commission of Legislation and Justice.
Biography
Rivera was born in Talca in 1876, the son of Moisés Rivera and Carmen González. In 1894, while still completing his secondary education, he began working as a journalist for the Talca newspaper El Progreso.
He qualified as a lawyer in 1905 and worked with Juan Agustín Palazuelos. His legal practice included cases related to the mining and nitrate industries. He later also engaged in agricultural activities.
Rivera was active in the Radical Party and served as secretary of its Santiago assembly. He was later appointed governor of Chañaral. He also founded the Radical newspaper La Razón in Santiago.
In 1939, he was appointed Chilean consul general and chargé d'affaires in Romania. During his posting there, he assisted Jews seeking to leave Romania during the expansion of Nazi influence in Europe.
Rivera later described aspects of his diplomatic experience in his 1942 book La vorágine europea.