He was an Argentinian journalist who settled in Cubaafter the triumph of the Revolution. He was the founder in 1959 of the Prensa Latina Press Agency. The relationship between journalism and literature was, without a doubt, an attractive and restless issue in his work in which detailed facts, narration, fiction, recreation and chronicles of events. He was awarded the 1999 José Martí National Journalism Prize for his life's work.  

Prensa Latina Press Agency

It is a Latin American news agency that began broadcasting on June 16, 1959. It is headquartered in Havana and has correspondents in different parts of the world. It emerged under the influence of the triumphant Cuban Revolution and one of its main promoters was Commander Ernesto Che Guevara. Among its essential objectives has been to divulge the reality of Latin America peoples, of Cuba in particular and of everything transcendental that may happen in the world. Its founding director was Argentinian journalist Jorge Ricardo Massetti, who in 1958 had been in the Sierra Maestra and interviewed Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara, respectively, during the revolutionary struggle in Cuba.

José Martí National Journalism Prize

The "José Martí" National Journalism Award, for lifelong work, is awarded every year since 1987 to professionals of recognized prestige and meritorious contribution to Cuban journalism, It is the highest award granted by the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC).