Cecilio Zubillaga Perera, better known as ChÃÂo Zubillaga, was a journalist from Venezuela. He was born in Carora (Lara state) on February 1, 1887, and died there on July 25, 1948.
Although Zubillaga had little formal education and was largely self-taught, he wrote numerous articles on history and social issues for newspapers in Carora, Barquisimeto and Caracas. He was also a member of the Venezuelan National Academy of History.
Historian Guillermo Morón published a collection of his newspaper articles and other writings under the title La Voz del Común. Writers Rafael Montes de Oca MartÃÂnez and Juan Páez ÃÂvila discussed his life in books entitled BiografÃÂa de un Genio Popular and ChÃÂo Zubillaga, Caroreño Universal.