Many are forgotten because of the Franco regime in Spain. Jaime Menendez is one of them. English was the first editor of The New York Times and pioneer in the struggle against Franco in the English press
A book: Chronic Civil War general, editorial Renaissance, demonstrates the unfairness that has been the story with many of our most distinguished men of letters. The aforementioned book is a compilation of articles on the English civil war. They were selected by María Teresa León, writer, journalist and first wife of Rafael Alberti. Displayed the best of the intelligentsia of the time, mostly members of the Generation of 27 . Without doubt, all items are of very great literary quality. It is not surprising as the authors are their own name: Rafael Alberti, Luis Cernuda, Miguel Hernandez, the very María Teresa León, Antonio Machado and J. Ramón Sender. All have gone to glory as great figures of the twentieth century. However, in that book, there are other authors who, if he then had the same status as a male or a Cernuda, authentic unknown to most of the English people. Among them: Matilde de la Torre, Luisa Carnes, Maria Luisa Carnelli, Jaime Jesús Menéndez Izcaray or Chato, the most international of all. Jaime Menéndez
Chato and The New York Times
Of all above was the most international Jaime Menéndez. His life is without doubt one of the most interesting of those who were part of the Generation 27. Jaime Menéndez Chato was born in 1901 in Sobrerriba, a village of Cornellana (Asturias). In 1919 he emigrated to Havana, where he worked as a department store's accounting, and at night studied journalism and self-taught languages. There, he worked in the Diario de la Marina, El Pais, etc. In 1920 he went to New York. He began working as editor of the first newspaper in the U.S. Castilian, La Prensa , reaching the position of director.
In 1925 became the first English at work, acting editor at The New York Times , first in the sports section, with great success by Herbert Lionel Matthews what he signed for the area of \u200b\u200binternational politics.
founding member of the English Republican Alliance of New York
In 1930 he collaborated with the best newspaper in Latin America, El Universal of Venezuela, led by the great poet and journalist Andres Mata. The Herald noted above, among others, Azorín, Miguel de Unamuno, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Ramiro de Maeztu and Ramón Pérez de Ayala. In 1931, with the proclamation of the 2nd English Republic, participated in the founding of the Republican Alliance English in New York and assisted in its publication Republican Spain , with intellectuals such as Salvador de Madariaga, Gregorio Marañón, José Ortega y Gasset and Manuel ana. Jaime Menendez
Hitler 
In 1932 The New York Times sent to Jaime Menéndez Madrid for a series of reports on the 2 nd Republic. In 1933 the government sent to Germany for a detailed study of the situation Teuton, and looked closely at Hitler. Personally acquainted with Paul Joseph Goebbels. Espasa-Calpe in 1934 published his book Eve disaster remarkably successful, which predicted the start of the second world war. At that time he began to collaborate on the best Posts: Leviathan , Voice, Sun, Now, Policy, Cruz y Raya, Estampa and the prestigious University The New York English Revue. Held management positions in the Band Professional Journalists affiliated to the UGT and the Press Association of Madrid. Avelina
Ranz, his great love
In 1936 he married Avelina Ranz, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Association of Women fascist. A woman to take up arms was essential stronghold in the survival of Jaime Menendez during their captivity. Avelina risked his life to the black market, which is punishable at the time, and also held for the said years of political imprisonment, with his cunning and shrewdness, their son, Jaime Menéndez Ranz. Avelina accompanied Ranz her husband in exile and was always at his side until his death. In 1969, after the death of her husband, she collaborated with the NGO Campaign Against Hunger. And the self Avelina, after winning a national competition, who gave him his new name: Manos Unidas.
In collaboration with Garcia Lorca to the concentration camp of Los Almendros
During the 2 nd Republic Federico García Lorca collaborated with the company La Barraca and enrolled in the Alliance of Antifascist Intellectuals. He was a regular of the gatherings at the Café Gijón, the Ateneo de Madrid, the Residencia de Estudiantes, etc. In 1938 he was appointed Commissioner Political by Juan Negrin. Soon after reaching the post of director of Sun Journal. In 1939 he was captured by rebel troops in the port of Alicante. Spent 5 years in various prisons, including the concentration camp of Los Almendros. During that time, secretly, he wrote his book, The Jail in a very stilted English to avoid problems. Thanks to his American friends, including Ambassador Claude Bowers, was saved from the famous promenade.
exile in Tangiers and pioneer of the struggle against Franco
Released in 1944, was hired as secretary to the press attache of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid. But the police pressure was strong and decided, with his family, accepted an offer from the newspaper editor Spain in Tangier. There, from their vantage newspaper, was a pioneer in criticizing the dictatorship of Franco. He was appointed deputy director of the newspaper in those years, the biggest seller in Spain, "was the only one who could read." Collaborated with the RCA / Radio, Reuters, Associated Press, Vanguard and Information Service of the U.S. Embassy in Tangiers. In 1953 he was hired by the Government of Venezuela to write a series of reports on that country. Gradually regained its prestige. An international reputation would be his passport to return to the mainland.
The return to Madrid with Vicente Gallego
In 1957 he returned with his wife in Madrid. The editor of the World , Vicente Gallego I fixed all the guarantees necessary to fulfill your ultimate freedom in exchange of writing, almost in its entirety, the aforementioned magazine World. There, Jaime Menendez established a school of anti-Franco, writing on topics totally prohibited, and use on their covers material hitherto prohibited. Manuel Fraga Iribarne Shortly after he signed for the editorial board journal Foreign Policy named him and member of the Institute of Political Studies, where he continued his work of undermining Franco, maintaining close collaboration with the Communist Party illegal. At that time he founded, along with Rodrigo Royo and other colleagues, the magazine helped SP where José Luis Sampedro and a young Jose Luis Garci.
never signed the principles of the Glorious National Movement
collaborated in the Revista de Occidente , founded by José Ortega y Gasset, and also in the journal columnists Destination with the likes of Josep Pla, Camilo José Cela, Santiago Nadal, Juan Goytisolo, Miguel Delibes, Carmen Martin Gaite, etc. Their gatherings antifrancoist in different cafes in Madrid, acquired quite a reputation, sharing the same characters involved in the cause and Héctor Vázquez Azpiri, Fernando García Vela, Juan Antonio Cabezas, Goico Aguirre (sculptor and artist), Alfonso Tortora (medical commander Carabineros in the civil war, fought in Madrid, Brunete, Teruel ,...), Baldomero Cordon (military commander in the 3rd Republican Army Corps), Francisco Herrero Martín (military commander in the 3rd Republican Army), Celestino Garcia (Official Republican said on the front Asturian) Broncho Antolin (mathematical and infantry captain Republican Army), Julian Diamond (civil engineer, worked in the civil war, the plans for the defense of Madrid, and designed bridges Ebro defensive ),... In 1969 Jaime Menendez "El Chato" died without a license as a journalist because he never agreed to sign the principles of the Glorious National Movement, but his specialty was international politics, wrote about sports, society, espionage, literary criticism, geography, history, medicine, science, ... and anti-Franco. Febus
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