María Inés Obaldía
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Born | María Inés Obaldía Miraballes 20 June 1959 Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Awards | United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2004 |
María Inés Obaldía Miraballes (born 20 June 1959) is a Uruguayan television presenter, educator, producer, journalist and politician, serving as Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo since 27 November 2020.[1]
Early life[]
María Inés Obaldía was born in Montevideo, as the daughter of Elsa Miraballes and writer José María Obaldía.[2] Before entering the media, she taught secondary school literature.
Career[]
Media[]
She has worked at Channel 10 for several years. She has hosted programs such as Caleidoscópio, Será Posible, and Sin Misterio, and since 2010 has headed alongside .[3]
As a speaker, she participated in the radio programs En vivo y en directo (Radio Sarandí) and Entre todos (El Espectador). In 2014 she hosted De 10 a 12 on Radio Uruguay.[3][4]
On television she was a journalist for the news program Subrayado (Channel 10) and coordinated, produced, and hosted Caleidoscopio, Sin Misterio, Será posible, Memoria Colectiva, and Vivila Otra Vez. In 2004 she was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.[5]
From 2015 to 2020 she hosted the morning television show La mañana en casa on Channel 10, and from 2016, La tarde en casa on the same station.
Politics[]
In October 2020, she left television,[6] after being confirmed to be part of the city's cabinet, in the position of Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo, by the elected Intendant, Carolina Cosse.[7] She took office on November 27.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Carolina Cosse es Intendenta de Montevideo". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "'Somos bichos bien uruguayos, para bien o para mal'" [We Are Uruguayan Critters, For Better or For Worse]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 21 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b "María Inés Obaldía hará el semanal 'Vivilo otra vez'" [María Inés Obaldía Will Do the Weekly 'Vivilo otra vez']. (in Spanish). Uruguay. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Voces premiadas" [Awards]. El País (in Spanish). Uruguay. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Quienes somos" [Who Are We?] (in Spanish). SODRE. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Digital, El Eco (2020-10-29). "Este jueves se despide del Canal 10 María Inés Obaldía, la Directora de Cultura del gobierno de Cosse". El Eco Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "Intendente electa de Montevideo presenta hoy a su gabinete". subrayado.com.uy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "Carolina Cosse asumió como intendenta de Montevideo y anunció el despliegue de un plan de emergencia". Teledoce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Montevideo
- Uruguayan television journalists
- Uruguayan television presenters
- Uruguayan women journalists
- Women television producers
- Women television journalists
- Uruguayan women television presenters
- Uruguayan politicians