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Ana Pastor García (born 9 December 1977) is a Spanish
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.


Biography


Career

Ana Pastor holds a journalism degree from the
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, and developed her journalistic career in written press, television, and radio. She has worked at the Spanish public
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and
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service,
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and the Cadena SER.


In Cadena SER

In 1999, Ana Pastor started working at the Cadena SER radio station with
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, covering international affairs. She reported about the tsunami tragedy, the
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and in many other countries such as
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,
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
,
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
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,
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
or
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. Ana Pastor also directed and hosted the weekly radio programme ''Punto de fuga'' where she interviewed several politicians like
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or the former president of Ireland and winner of the
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, Mary Robinson.


In TVE

Ana Pastor worked at TVE from 2006 to 2012 where she began by conducting the discussion programme ''59 Segundos''. She considers herself a moderate person by allowing interviewees have their say. In 2009, she took over the breakfast show ''Los desayunos de TVE''. Other programmes she worked in are TVE's ''Informe semanal'' or RNE's ''Asuntos propios''. On 15 March 2011 she interviewed the Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),
which caused some controversy given that her hair slipped out of her veil onto her shoulders without her realising, becoming a trending topic on
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. In August 2012, the state-run TV channel fired Pastor after questioning her impartiality. This took place after the new TVE president was named by the government that was formed after the November 2011 elections. Pastor claimed via Twitter that she was fired for "doing journalism".


In CNN

In September 2012, she joined
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where she conducted interviews with important Spanish and international personalities from the fields of politics, arts and culture, and sports, aired on CNN en Español and
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. In her program ''Frente a frente'' Pastor interviewed
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, Ferran Adrià, Juan Manuel Santos, Rafael Correa, or Rafael Nadal, among others.


In Atresmedia

In April 2013, it was announced that she had been hired by media group Atresmedia.Atresmedia TV ficha a Ana Pastor
FormulaTV.com.
From 2 June 2013, she conducts the weekly infoshow ''El Objetivo'' on laSexta, a show that introduced the
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model in Spain.


References

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