Carlos Esteban Montero Fernández (born 20 March 1963 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

) is an

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and news anchor. He worked at

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for 20 years until on 30 November 2017, he announced that his contract was not renewed. He was the anchor of ''Café CNN'' and ''La Noticia de la Semana''.

Career

Carlos Montero is one of the most recognized and respected journalists in Latin America. With 30 years of experience in the US and in his native country of Argentina, Carlos has had the opportunity to cover the most important events of international interest, both on the ground and from the studio. Among the special events he has covered are the death of Princess Diana, the war in Iraq, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the Arab Spring, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 (Montero was broadcasting live when the planes crashed into the Twin Towers), and several elections in the Americas, including Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Chile, Bolivia and the United States. Montero was one of the original team of CNN en Español presenters, where he worked for 21 years until opening his own production company "Montero Media". He was also the presenter of NBC Canal de Noticias and Channel 2 of Argentina. From 1989 to 1994 he was a reporter and producer of the news department of Univisión in Miami and a correspondent in the United States of Telefé Noticias from Argentina. Carlos began his career in the media at the young age of 15 as a production assistant in his father's production company, Montero Producciones. Born in Buenos Aires, Montero graduated in Mass Media Communications from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He has received several awards for his journalistic work, including five Emmy awards, a Telly Award and a Conscience Award. Montero speaks Spanish and English. Before joining CNN, Montero worked as host of ''Buenos Días América'' and ''América Noticias'' in

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from 1994. He was also producer and reporter of the news department of the American Spanish-language network

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from 1992 to 1994 and correspondent of the Argentine channel Telefé. In 1996, he joined the defunct channel NBC Canal de Noticias. Montero was one of the members of the original staff of

from its inception in 1997. He anchored the defunct morning news program ''Al Día'' and from 2011 anchored ''Café CNN'' and was a regular analyst in

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. As of December 1, 2017, Carlos Montero is no longer part of CNN as he has not renewed his contract. After opening his production company in 2018, he joined Appalachian State University as Practitioner in Residence of the award winning AppTv. He teaches broadcast performance techniques and TV news and sport reporting.

Events covered

* The

1993 World Trade Center bombing The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by Ramzi Yousef and associates against the United States on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Manhat ...

. * The peace treaty between

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and

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

. * The

1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis The 1993 Guatemala constitutional crisis took place in 1993 when then President Jorge Serrano Elías attempted a self-coup or autogolpe. On Tuesday May 25, 1993, Serrano illegally suspended the constitution, dissolved Congress and the Supreme Co ...

. * The

Lewinsky scandal Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist. Lewinsky became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her during her days as a White House intern ...

and subsequent

Impeachment of Bill Clinton Bill Clinton, the List of presidents of the United States, 42nd president of the United States, was Federal impeachment in the United States, impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on Decem ...

. * The

1996 Republican National Convention The 1996 Republican National Convention convened at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, from August 12 to August 15, 1996. The convention nominated Senator Bob Dole from Kansas, for president and former representative and ...

. * The

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and

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Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William, ...

. * Several elections in the

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. * The

Iraq War The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with 2003 invasion of Iraq, the invasion by a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition, which ...

* The

2004 Madrid train bombings The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known in Spain as 11M) were a series of coordinated, nearly simultaneous bombings against the Cercanías commuter train system of Madrid, Spain, on the morning of 11 March 2004—three days before Spain's ...

Interviewed

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References

*https://communication.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/directory/carlos-montero *https://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/montero.carlos.html *https://www.mediamoves.com/2020/05/montero-tapped-as-u-s-correspondent-for-c5n.html *https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-montero-922b991 *https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/2017/11/29/nota/6504835/carlos-montero-trabajara-hasta-manana-cnn-espanol/ *https://fmmundo.com/derechos-reservados-un-programa-periodistico-con-carlos-montero/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Montero, Carlos 1963 births Living people Mass media people from Buenos Aires CNN people Argentine television journalists