Alfredo Pinoargote Cevallos passed away

In the early hours of this Saturday, March 19, Alfredo Pinoargote Cevallos, director of Direct contact from Ecuavisa.

‘In Ecuavisa we are in mourning’, ‘A good man has left’, this is how Alfredo Pinoargote’s colleagues say goodbye

Since May 2009 he directed that informative space, but he joined the channel in 2003 to host and direct the opinion program behind the news “His extensive academic training, his deep institutional convictions, as well as the courage and frontality in his professional practice marked not only his style in our media, but also a journalistic school that shone during the most complex years that the country experienced in recent years. decades”, indicates the review carried out by Ecuavisa.

He was a columnist for the magazine Glance, of which years ago he was general editor. He was a collaborator of Diario EL UNIVERSO. He was also ambassador to the European Union and the United Nations in Geneva.

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Doctor of Jurisprudence. He was born in Esmeraldas on July 27, 1945. His wife was Margarita María Quiroz Heinert, who died in 2018. He had three children: Paola, Carla and Alfredo Pinoargote Quiroz, the latter who also works in Ecuavisa.

The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, posted his condolences on his Twitter account. “I am very sorry for the death of Dr. Alfredo Pinoargote, a great journalist who has served the country and Ecuadorians with his work. His legacy will be remembered by all. Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Peace in his grave”.

Those who worked with him have also expressed their regret on social networks, such as the journalists Lenin Artieda, Estéfani Espín, Teresa Arboleda and Tania Tinoco.

‘In Ecuavisa we are in mourning’, ‘A good man has left’, this is how Alfredo Pinoargote’s colleagues say goodbye

Pinoargote Cevallos passed away in Samborondón. The wake will be in rooms 1 and 2 of the Parque de la Paz from 12:30 and the body mass present at 17:00 this Saturday. The funeral, relatives indicated, will be in the strictest privacy. (I)