Pablo Piacentini (died 2017) was an Argentinian political scientist, journalist and activist. In 1964 he cofounded the Inter Press Service (IPS) with the Italian journalist Roberto Savio. [1]
Born in Buenos Aires, [2] Piacentini was a student in Rome when he and Savio founded the Roman Press Service together in 1961. [3] The Inter Press Service grew out of the Roman Press Service in 1964. Piacentini served the IPS in various capacities: as Editorial Director, Chief Editor, Director of the Economics Service and head of the IPS Columnist Service. [2] [4]
In 1974 Piacentini founded Tercer Mundo, an intellectual left-wing Argentinian monthly. [5]