, dated 16 January 1908 , who would later become the founder of '''', was born in 1873, in the town of Corcolén, currently part of the
commune of
Malloa, to José Agustín Ramírez Arriagada (1847–?) and Juana Olivarez Quinteros (1847–1883). He was the fourth of seven children; in order of birth date, Alejandro, Arturo, Abrahám, Aliro, Abel, and Ambrosina. His father was the owner of a farm in Roma,
San Fernando, and several houses in that city and
Pichilemu. Ramírez Olivares married Rosa Camilo Ugarte on 8 September 1885, in the city of San Fernando. The couple had four children: Augusto (who would later go on to become the Chilean Viceconsul to El Salvador), Rosa, Eva and Miguel. He founded several newspapers in the province of Colchagua, during the early 20th century. These include '
of Santa Cruz, published between 1900 and 1905, and ' in San Fernando, published for thirteen years, between 1903 and 1916. In early 1908, Ramírez founded the first newspaper of Pichilemu, which he named
El Puerto, and whose first edition appeared on 16 January 1908. '
was originally announced as a biweekly ("published on Thursdays and Sundays"), regionalist newspaper, with editor stating in an article named ' (
Our word) that "today [16 January 1908] we comply with our promise to create this journalistic paper, absolute and exclusive organ to the regional interests of Colchagua, especially [those] of the port of Pichilemu." Ramírez also stated that "against general customs in all new publications, we are not making here a description of our program of work: facts will prove our participation in the struggle for progress." '''' published poems, a scientific section by collaborator
physician Rodríguez Aguirre, and sections of obituaries, chronicles, social life, and
sensationalist articles. However, it only survived until March 1908, After abandoning
El Puerto, Ramírez continued to publish
La Provincia in San Fernando and, before founding
El Marino in Pichilemu. ==History==