Renowned Argentine journalist Andrés Oppenheimer is joining the Buenos Aires Herald as a columnist. Readers will find his pieces in our opinions section on the third Saturday of every month. 

His analyses and opinion columns encompass international politics, with a particular focus on opportunities and challenges for Latin America. Andrés joins us as part of our editorial mission to expand the publication of high-quality information and deep analysis of the region.

About Oppenheimer

Andres Oppenheimer is a foreign affairs columnist and a member of The Miami Herald team that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of “Castro’s Final Hour; Bordering on Chaos” and “Saving the Americas: The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What the U.S. Must Do,” among others.

Oppenheimer won the Inter-American Press Association Award in 1989 and 1994, the Ortega y Gasset Award of Spain’s daily El País in 1993 and the award of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 1997. Oppenheimer also won the 1999 Maria Moors Cabot Award of Columbia University, the King of Spain prize in 2001, the Overseas Press Club Award in 2002 and the Suncoast Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Oppenheimer was selected by the Forbes 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.

Oppenheimer was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to the United States in 1976 with a fellowship from the World Press Institute. After a year at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he obtained his master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University in New York in 1978.

Oppenheimer lives in Mexico City and Miami.

Since its relaunch in 2022, the Buenos Aires Herald has stood for high-quality journalism and audience transparency, incorporating a broad range of voices based on the conviction that diversity of opinions improves the quality of dialogue and democratic debate.

The Herald upholds the commitment that has characterized it historically: reporting the facts with high standards of journalistic rigor and an unwavering commitment to the truth. 

We look forward to welcoming Andrés to our pages.