Stella Calloni

Stella Calloni
Born
Stella Manuela Juliana Calloni Leguizamón

(1935-06-19) 19 June 1935 (age 91)
Pueblo Leguizamón, La Paz Department, Argentina
OccupationsJournalist, writer

Stella Manuela Juliana Calloni Leguizamón (born 19 June 1935) is an Argentine journalist and writer specializing in international politics, whose investigative work focuses on Latin American military dictatorships and related political processes. Her books Los años del lobo: la Operación Cóndor (1999) and Operación Cóndor, pacto criminal (2006) gather parts of her research into the campaign known as Operation Condor.

Biography

Stella Calloni was born on 19 June 1935 in the small town of Pueblo Leguizamón, in La Paz Department, Entre Ríos Province. She attended school in her home province and then moved to Buenos Aires to complete her education. There she linked up with left-wing militants and intellectuals such as Zelmar Michelini, Néstor Taboada Terán, and Miguel Ángel Asturias, and began to write for magazines such as Política Internacional and Cristianismo y revolución.

She started covering international news stories during the 1970 Chilean presidential election. During the civic-military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, she went into exile in Mexico and Panama. In those years she worked as editor of the magazine Formato Dieciséis, and as a screenwriter for the University of Panama's University Film Experimental Group.

She is a contributor to the Voltaire Network, created at the initiative of Thierry Meyssan, editor of El Día Latinoamericano, and a South American correspondent for La Jornada, both based in Mexico City.

Throughout her professional career, she has interviewed numerous heads of state, such as Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Rafael Correa, Daniel Ortega, Salvador Allende, Omar Torrijos, Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi, and Felipe González.

Awards and recognition

In 2013, the journalists Julio Ferrer and Héctor Bernardo published a biographical narrative of Fidel Castro, assembled from a series of interviews with Stella Calloni, with a preface by Castro himself.

In 2022, she was honored by the Periodistas Argentinas collective, along with 14 other media professionals, as a role model and inspiration. This recognition was presented on 8 March, within the framework of International Women's Day.

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "La guerra contrainsurgente mediática como continuidad del Plan Cóndor" [The Media Counterinsurgency War as a Continuation of Operation Condor] (in Spanish). LRA Radio Nacional. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Brignole, Alejo (19 June 2021). "Los 86 imprescindibles años de Stella Calloni" [The 86 Essential Years of Stella Calloni] (in Spanish). Cubadebate. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Berlanga, Angel (13 April 2014). "Hermana Latinoamericana" [Latin American Sister]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Leyendas del periodismo" [Legends of Journalism]. El Día (in Spanish). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 Veiga, Gustavo (17 March 2014). "Una cronista de la historia de Fidel" [A Chronicler of Fidel's History]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Friera, Silvina (7 February 2017). "Stella Calloni: 'La mujer es el sostén fuerte de cualquier sociedad'" [Stella Calloni: 'The Woman is the Strong Support of Each Society']. NODAL Cultura (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Los Archivos del Horror del Operativo Cóndor" [The Horror Files of Operation Condor] (in Spanish). Equipo Nizkor. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Stella Calloni será Embajadora Cultural Entrerriana" [Stella Calloni to Be Entre Ríos Cultural Ambassador]. Uno Entre Ríos (in Spanish). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Se presenta 'La Operación Cóndor', de Stella Calloni" [Stella Calloni's 'La Operación Cóndor' is Presented]. National University of La Plata Faculty of Journalism and Communication. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Stella Calloni presentó el libro 'Mujeres de Fuego'" [Stella Calloni Presents the Book 'Mujeres de Fuego'] (in Spanish). National University of San Luis. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Imponen a Stella Calloni la distinción Félix Elmuza" [Stella Calloni Given the Félix Elmuza Distinction]. Granma (in Spanish). 21 April 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Camacho Servín, Fernando (8 March 2008). "Los periodistas debemos rescatar la palabra para la paz y la vida: Calloni" [Journalists Must Rescue the Word for Peace and Life: Calloni]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Eduardo Aliverti y Stella Calloni reciben el premio Rodolfo Walsh" [Eduardo Aliverti and Stella Calloni Receive the Rodolfo Walsh Award]. LaNoticia1 (in Spanish). 27 November 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Distinguieron a la periodista Stella Calloni en la Legislatura porteña" [The Journalist Stella Calloni Recognized By the Buenos Aires Legislature] (in Spanish). Télam. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Día de la mujer: reconocimiento a las maestras del periodismo argentino" [Women's Day: Recognition of the Masters of Argentine Journalism]. Perfil (in Spanish). 8 March 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.