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Jorge Gestoso (born 20 March 1951) is a
Uruguayan
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journalist
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who was born in
Montevideo
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.
For 16 years, he was the Principal Anchor and symbol of ''CNN en Español'', as well as Senior Washington Correspondent. ''CNN en Español'' is a television network that reaches all the Americas and the Caribbean and is one of the networks of CNN, the Cable News Network, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, North America.
In June 2004, Gestoso founded his own production company of television content, called GTN (Gestoso Television News), holding the title of President, with headquarters in Washington, DC, where he also lives.
Gestoso hosts the program ''JGI "Jorge Gestoso Investiga"'' that investigates the most relevant subjects of our times and airs on V-me, with headquarters in New York, on the Spanish Network in association with Public Television, reaching 40 cities and 80% of the Hispanic Market according to Nielsen.
Starting in 2004, from GTN Gestoso has produced and hosted the program ''Jorge Gestoso'', a weekly show that interviews Hispanic newsmakers and which is distributed in the United States, Latin America, parts of Europe, and Asia.
Gestoso has presented many TV programs through GTN, including newsbriefs, interviews, and reports in Spanish. He produced and hosted "Viva Voz con Jorge Gestoso" (Aloud with Jorge Gestoso) from March 2007 until April 2010. This program was broadcast through V-me.
GTN has produced reports on Sustainable Development and the key subjects of the reality of
Central America
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,
Reuters
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, and the
World Bank
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. His reports were broadcast in
Costa Rica
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,
El Salvador
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,
Guatemala
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,
Honduras
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,
Nicaragua
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, and
Panama
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.
Gestoso has been invited to act as Master of Ceremony in several International Events -among them - the World Congress on Communication for Development organized jointly by United Nations' FAO, The World Bank and The Communication Initiative Network in Rome, Italy. In March 2012, he was invited by the Organization of American States (OEA) to be the Master of Ceremony of the Private Sector Forum in Preparation for the VI Summit of the Americas. In June 2011 he was invited by the United Nations to act as the Moderator for the Latin America Regional Dialogue of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law in São Paulo, Brazil. Also, in 2011, Gestoso moderated the two Presidential Debates in Guatemala hosted by the AGG (Guatemala's Managers Association). He was the Master of Ceremony of BUPA's Annual Convention in Bangkok, Thailand in April 2010. In October 2012, he gave a Lecture at the Universidad del Este, Paraguay on Journalism, Science and Technology. In March 2011, at George Washington University, Gestoso gave the Seminar "The role of Media in electoral campaigns".
In 2009, Gestoso gave the Seminar "Panorama of the Americas" hosted by Guatemala's Managers Association - AGG - in Guatemala City.
Education
Gestoso attended his studies in the
University of the Republic
The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...
, in
Montevideo
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,
Uruguay
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. Later he attended graduate school at Willow Glen, San Jose,
California
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. In addition to his native
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, he also speaks
English
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and
French.
Career
Gestoso has been declared one of the one hundred more influential Hispanic journalists in the
United States
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. He has received several awards, like the historic DuPont's silver batton for excellence in investigative journalism, granted by the New Yorker
University of Columbia
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for his work on “En busca de la doble desaparecida” on
CNN en Espanol
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(In search of the double missing) and it was the first- language program abroad (other than English) in obtaining this award. This program also received INTE award and the International Emmy nominations for best documentary of the year. Also, he was distinguished as the best presenter of news by the three American organizations of Hispanic critics: ACE, ACC and ACRIN. He was also awarded as “the personality of news of the year” by the INTE (Industry of Television in Spanish). In addition, he was given the prizes "Jean Cartier" in
Argentina
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and “Tabaré de Oro” in
Uruguay
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. On the other hand, the
Technological University of El Salvador
The Technological University of El Salvador or Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, is a higher education center in El Salvador, known as UTEC or "la Tecno", owned by a private capital company. The university campus is located in San Sal ...
named him “Professor Meritísimo”.
Personal life
Gestoso lives in
Washington DC
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, along with his wife, Caroline Guichard, who is of
French nationality. His parents and brother live in
Montevideo
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,
Uruguay
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,
South America
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.
Interviews
Gestoso has interviewed many political, cultural, and artistic figures, among others. The most outstanding interviews throughout his career have been:
*
Julian Assange
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, Founder of Wikileaks
* Ingrid Betancourt, FARC' hostage and Colombia's Presidential Candidate
* Bill Clinton, President of the USA
*
Fidel Castro
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, President of
Cuba
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* Jimmy Carter, Former President of the USA
*
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...
President of
Venezuela
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* Jose Miguel Insulza, OAS' Secretary General
* Ali Rodriguez, UNASUR' Secretary General
* Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
* Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador
*
Antonio Saca, President of
El Salvador
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* Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay
*
Eliane Karp de Toledo, First Lady of
Peru
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*
Enrique Bolanos
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Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...
, President of
Nicaragua
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* Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
*
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
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, Former President of
Bolivia
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*
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
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, OAS' General Secretary of
OEA
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*
Vivian Fernández de Torrijos, First Lady of
Panamá
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*
Marcelo Tinelli
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One of the most famous supporters of Club San Lor ...
, TV host, entrepreneur and Argentinian producer of Television and Radio
*
Cecilia Bolocco
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Bolocco has worked as a journalist on the Spanish language edition of CNN, on T ...
, Former Miss Universe
* Sylvia R. Mata, President of
League of United Latin American Citizens
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Queens Council
References
External links
Sitio oficial de Jorge GestosoVme - Jorge Gestoso InvestigaJorge Gestoso, la "cara" más visible de los noticieros de la cnn en español, después de dejar su trabajo para la cadena norteamericanaGTNNEWS.COMJorge gestoso renunció a CNN - lanaacion.comHugo Chávez, Entrevista con Jorge Gestoso. Tema: declaraciónn de la OEA - analítica.comSylvia R. Mata, Entrevista con Jorge Gestoso
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Uruguayan television presenters
People from Montevideo
Uruguayan expatriate journalists
Uruguayan expatriates in the United States
CNN people
Living people
1951 births