"He founded several newspapers and magazines including "El Correo de México" ("The Mexico Post"), "El Renacimiento" ("The Renaissance") (1869), "El Federalista" ("The Federalist"), "La Tribuna" ("The Tribune") and "La República" ("The Republic").Altamirano was president of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística (Mexican Society for Geography and Statistics) from 1881 to 1889.