Carlos Pinto (born May 12, 1959) is a popular
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an journalist, writer and television presenter.
In 1984, he and
Santiago Pavlovic began an investigative program called
Informe Especial which airs in
TVN TVN may refer to:
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. He is the father of the football player
Sebastián Pinto
Sebastián Pinto (born 5 February 1986) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. His last team was Chilean Primera B club Deportes Temuco.
Career
Begins of his career
Pinto began his career in the youth categories ...
. It was the driver of the reality The game of fear of TVN, which was taken off the air shortly after due to poor ratings.
In the mid-1990s Carlos Pinto's new program, ''Mea Culpa'', became the most popular true crime shows on Chilean TV history. The show catapulted Pinto's career and today his other shows also have had great success:
* ''
Mea Culpa'', true crime movie-like interactments, featuring cases that had its share of spotlight back in the day;
* ''
El Día Menos Pensado'' ("The Least Expected Day"), it focuses on true paranormal experiences;
* ''El Cuento del Tío'' ("Uncle's Tale"), a show that deals with financial deception stories.
Books: "El Silencio de los Malditos" (2018) and "El Jardín de los Inocentes".
References
1959 births
Chilean journalists
Male journalists
Chilean television presenters
Living people
Chilean television personalities
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