Manuel Flores Mora

Manuel Flores Mora (September 4, 1923 – February 15, 1985) was a Uruguayan journalist and politician representing the Colorado Party.

A direct descendant of 19th century President Venancio Flores, Flores worked in his youth for a range of newspapers, including the daily Acción where he became political editor and later deputy editor; and he also wrote for the famous weekly Uruguayan newspaper Marcha.

A year later he was named Minister of Cattle Ranching and Agriculture in the cabinet of President Óscar Diego Gestido, a position he maintained into the presidency of Jorge Pacheco Areco until June 1968 when he left due to differences over security issues.

He opposed Pacheco from the Senate until 1971 when he ran for the presidency and vice-presidency simultaneously, with Amílcar Vasconcellos as his running mate.

He joined the editorial board of El Día and in the last years of the dictatorship wrote articles for the magazine Jaque (which he co-founded in 1983) denouncing the wide-ranging abuses committed by the military in power.