Andrés Oppenheimer

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Andrés Oppenheimer (born November 24, 1951 in Buenos Aires) is an author and award-winning journalist born in Argentina, best known for his analysis of Latin American politics. He is a senior columnist for The Miami Herald and the Argentinian paper "La Nación" , and has published several books. His work has been recognized in the past with several awards including the 1987 Pulitzer Prize as part of the team that covered the Iran-Contra Affair. Oppenheimer currently has his own news program in the United States, Oppenheimer Presenta (Oppenheimer Presents), which is aired the PBS's Spanish-language digital subchannel, V-me.

Born in Buenos Aires, Oppenheimer studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and left the country following the military coup in 1976.

[edit] Works

Oppenheimer regularly publishes a blog called The Oppenheimer Report and has published several books, including:

Castro's Final Hour: An eyewitness account of the disintegration of Castro's Cuba
Bordering on Chaos: Guerrillas, Stockholders, Politicians and Mexico's Road to Prosperity
Crónicas de héroes y bandidos
Ojos vendados: Estados Unidos y el negocio de la corrupción en América Latina
Cuentos chinos: El engaño de Washington, la mentira populista y la esperanza de América Latina