Tequila Talk with Sergio Sarmiento.

March 12, 2009
6:30 – 7:45 p.m.  

Sergio Sarmiento, Mexican journalist and TV News Program Host
Institute of the Americas, UCSD campus
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium Get Directions

Sergio Sarmiento is one of Mexico's most distinguished journalists and editors. He began publishing opinion pieces in magazines and newspapers at age 17, before he received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from York University of Toronto, Canada. At 24 he was appointed editor-in-chief in Latin America of Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. He edited and published the Enciclopedia Hispánica.  Sarmiento's syndicated column is presently published in more than 20 Mexican newspapers, including Reforma. He is the anchor of Radio Red, a popular news radio show. He heads the board of editors of TV Azteca, a television network, and hosts the television show "La Entrevista con Sarmiento". His opinion pieces have been published in The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times.

Sergio Sarmiento was made chevalier of the Order of Letters and Arts by the French government in 1998. In 2003 he received the Antena Life Achievement Award of Mexico's National Chamber of Broadcasters. In 2005 he was chairman of the jury of Mexico's National Journalism Award. He is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of Washington, D.C., and a member of the World Economic Forum's Media Leaders and International Media Council.