Andrés Oppenheimer (born in

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, Argentina) is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with ''

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,'' anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on

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, and author of nine books. His column, "The Oppenheimer Report," appears twice a week in ''The Miami Herald'' and more than 60 U.S. and international newspapers, including the ''Miami Herald'', ''El Mundo'' of Spain, ''

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'' of Argentina, ''Reforma'' of Mexico, ''El Mercurio'' of Chile, ''O Estado'' of Sao Paulo, and ''El Comercio'' of Peru. He is the author of ''Saving the Americas'' (Random House, 2007), ''The Robots Are Coming'' (Vintage 2019) and seven other books. Several of his books have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese, in addition to Spanish. Oppenheimer is a regular political analyst with

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. His previous jobs at ''The Miami Herald'' included Mexico City bureau chief, foreign correspondent, and business writer. He previously worked for five years with

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in New York, and has contributed on a free-lance basis to ''

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'', ''

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'', the

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' ''

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'', and '' El Pais'' of Spain.

Early life and education

Born in

, Argentina, he studied law at the

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before moving to the United States in 1976 through a fellowship from the

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. After a year at

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, he obtained a

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journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

from

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in 1978. He has honorary PhD degrees from

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of Guatemala (2004), Domingo Savio University of Bolivia (2011), and ESAN University of Peru (2014).

Awards and recognition

Oppenheimer is the co-winner of the 1987

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as a member of ''The Miami Herald'' team that uncovered the Iran-Contra scandal. He won the Inter-American Press Association Award twice (1989 and 1994), and the 1997 award of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is the winner of the 1993

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Award of Spain's daily ''

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'', the 1998

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, the 2001 King of Spain Award, given out by the Spanish news agency

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and

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of Spain, the Overseas Press Club Award in 2002, and the Suncoast Emmy award from the National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences in 2006. He was selected by the

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Media Guide as one of the “500 most important journalists” of the United States in 1993, and by ''Poder Magazine'' as one of the “100 most powerful people” in Latin America in 2002 and 2008.

Bibliography

*''Castro's Final Hour: The Secret Story Behind the Coming Downfall of Communist Cuba'' (1992) *''Bordering on Chaos: Guerrillas, Stockholders, Politicians and Mexico's Road to Prosperity'' (1996) *''Crónicas de héroes y bandidos'' (1998) *''Ojos vendados: Estados Unidos y el negocio de la corrupción en América Latina'' (2001) *''Cuentos chinos: El engaño de Washington, la mentira populista y la esperanza de América Latina'' (2005) *''Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What the U.S. Must Do'' (2009) *''Basta de historias!: La obsesión latinoamericana con el pasado y las doce claves del futuro'' (2010) *''Crear o Morir: La Esperanza de América Latina y las 5 Claves de la Innovación'' (2014) *''¡Sálvese Quien Pueda!: El futuro del trabajo en la era de la automatización'' (2018) *''¡Cómo Salir del Pozo!: las nuevas estrategias de los países, las empresas y las personas en busca de la felicidad'' (2023)

References

External links

Columns at the Miami Herald
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The Oppenheimer Report blog
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Oppenheimer, Andres 1951 births Living people American people of Argentine-Jewish descent Argentine emigrants to the United States Argentine people of German-Jewish descent Argentine Jews Argentine journalists Argentine male journalists Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Macalester College alumni Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners Journalists from Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni