Joaquín Morales Solá

Joaquín Morales Solá (born 1950 in Tucumán) is an Argentine political journalist. At 16 he started working at the newspaper "La Gaceta de Tucumán", and at 20 he became a correspondent of Buenos Aires-based daily "Clarín".

He studied at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Tucumán, and later he attended courses on Social Communication at Harvard University in the United States.

In 1975 he moved to Buenos Aires and started working for "Clarín". He wrote its political column for 12 years. He resigned from that post in January 1990, and in 1993 he became a political columnist for the conservative newspaper "La Nación". [ [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/diario-de-hoy/opinion/columnistas-notas-anteriores.asp?categorias_ids=610 Joaquín Morales Solá] at the columnists' profiles of "La Nación".]

Morales Solá has also participated as a political commentator on TV shows such as "Tiempo Nuevo", "Telefé Noticias", "Dos en la Noticia" and "Bajo Palabra". He has published two books: "Asalto a la ilusión" (1991) and "El sueño eterno" (2002). He has received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1990), the Order of Queen Isabella the Catholic (1992), and the National Order of Merit of the French Republic. [ [http://www.netizen.com.ar/periodistas/integrantes/jm_sola.htm Joaquín Morales Solá] at theAsociación para la Defensa del Periodismo Independiente.] He received the Communication and Journalism Platinum Konex Award in 1987, 1997 and 2007. [ [http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/ingles/premios/curriculum.asp?ID=1019&ano=2007 Joaquín Morales Solá] at the Konex Foundation website.]

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