Aníbal Jaime Clara Caputi (born 5 March 1965) is an Uruguayan journalist, television presenter, writer and newsreader. He is the anchor of the ''Telenoche'' newscast of

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since 2023.

Early life and education

Aníbal Jaime Clara Caputi was born on 5 March 1965 in

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, the capital city of the

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, to Aníbal Clara, a school teacher and his wife, also a school teacher. He has two sisters: Isabel and Mercedes, a writer who was seen as a potential running mate for Daniel Martinez for the 2019 general election. He attended Primary School No. 45, where he was president of the Institute's Red Cross. He attended the Institute of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters, which would later be the

Catholic University of Uruguay Catholic University of Uruguay (in Spanish: Universidad Católica del Uruguay, acronym UCU) is a private university in Uruguay opened in 1985 (from various previous Catholic teaching institutions). It was the only private university in the count ...

, to study journalism; he graduated with a Licentiate in

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Career

He ventured into radio at the age of eight, when he won an award at CW 41 Broadcasting station in

and began helping answer phone calls. In 1975, at the age of ten, he made his debut on the air with the program ''Casos, cosas de todo un poco'', and five years later, when he was already a radio operator, he premiered the Sunday program ''Panorama, el programa distinto de la Radio San José'', which was on the air almost three years. When he left the radio in his hometown to move to Montevideo to study journalism, he was hired by the ''Federated Agrarian Cooperatives'' to take care of the communication area. He worked there during 10 years, and then was employed by the Press Office of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1996 he was summoned by Sarandí 690 to serve as producer of the program ''En vivo y en directo'' and in 2001 he began to present the cultural program ''Sábado Sarandí'', one of the most listened to on the station. On April 5, 2004, he premiered the radio program ''Al pan pan'', as co-host with Sergio Puglia. In May 2021 it was announced that Clara would leave the ''Al pan pan'', being replaced by Ana María Mizrahi. In March 2022, he replaced Claudia García as host of the morning show '' Buen Día'' produced by

. On November 9, 2022, it was announced that Clara would replace Daniel Castro as news anchor on

's ''

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'' newscast. He began reading the news with Viviana Ruggiero and Emilio Izaguirre on January 16, 2023, in a renewal of the newscast.

Bibliography

* ''Sin pecado un adorno'' (1999) * ''En campaña, una mirada sobre propaganda y marketing político'' (2009) * ''Es inmensa la noche'' (2011) * ''La terrible presión de la nada'' (2015) * ''Otra forma de silencio'' (2018) * ''No todo está dicho, cultura y política en caricaturas'' (2020) * ''En la larga noche'' (2021)

Personal life

Clara is married to the Spanish resident in Uruguay Alva Sueiras. Both run
Delicatessen.uy
', a blog dedicated to gastronomy, culture and travel.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clara, Jaime Living people 1965 births Uruguayan television journalists Uruguayan television presenters Uruguayan writers Uruguayan caricaturists Uruguayan radio journalists Uruguayan radio presenters Catholic University of Uruguay alumni