Rafael Otero Echeverría

Rafael Otero Echeverría (3 September 1923 – 3 July 1995) was a Chilean journalist, writer, and politician of the Radical Democracy Party.

He was elected Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group, First District –Santiago– in 1973; his term ended with the dissolution of Congress following the military coup. He had previously been elected councilman (regidor) for Santiago in 1970.

Biography Born in Santiago to Franklin Otero and Julia Echeverría. He studied at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera and the Liceo Presidente Balmaceda.

Professionally, he worked as a journalist and editor in outcasts like Ercilla, co-founded the advertising company Publiventas (1952), directed and owned the political magazine SEPA (1970), scripted radio/TV programs, and wrote historical essays.

He taught Informative Journalism at the University of Chile and served as a press attaché in the United States in 1974. He died in Santiago on 3 July 1995.

In 1973 he sat on the Permanent Commission on Labor and Social Security. His mandate was cut short by the 11 September 1973 coup and the dissolution of Congress by Decree-Law 27 on 21 September.