Manuel Adolfo Varas Varas (April 2, 1943 – March 30, 2020) was an Ecuadorian broadcaster, sports journalist and lawyer. Varas, who co-founded Radio Caravana 750 AM and reported from the station for 39 years, was considered a pioneer of sports journalism in Ecuador and one of the country's best known sports journalists.^[1][2]

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Varas was a lawyer by training, but spent more than 55 years as a sports journalist and commentator.^[2] His career began on the América radio station in 1964. He broadcast from the 1966 Copa Libertadores games.^[2] He then worked at a series of stations and radio shows focused on athletics, including Sucesos, Bolívar, Mambo (as a guest commentator), Noticia, and La Fabulosa.^[2] He also wrote for El Universo.^[2]

In 1985, Varas joined with colleagues to found and launch Radio Caravana 750 AM in Guayaquil, where he worked for more than 30 years.^[2] He hosted the sports show, Los Comentaristas, until his retirement from the show in April 2017.^[2]

Varas died from complications of COVID-19 on March 30, 2020, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, at the age of 76.^[1][3]