International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A Project By: The Center for Public IntegrityA Project By: The Center for Public Integrity

image

Horacio Verbitsky, Argentina, is a political columnist/editorial writer at Pagina/12.

Horacio Verbitsky, Argentina

He has authored a dozen books, including The Flight: Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior, an insider’s account of human rights abuses during the country’s last military dictatorship. Translated into English, French, Portuguese, and Italian, the book contains the chilling confessions of a former Argentine Navy officer and prompted the military to acknowledge for the first time its crimes during the “dirty war.” Another book, I Steal for the Crown, depicted political corruption and forced the resignation of a top official in President Carlos Menem’s government. Verbitsky was awarded the 1995-96 Latin American Studies Association Media Award as well as the 2001 International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is a journalism professor and a contributor to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and El Pais, among other publications.

Print this






  • Facebook
  • del.icio.us
  • Digg! digg
  • India
    • Murali Krishnan, India, is special correspondent for the news magazine Outlook India, where he investigates organized crime, politics and security issues.

      Read Complete Profile >
  • Argentina
    • Daniel Santoro, Argentina, is the national political editor at Clarin, Argentina's largest newspaper, and has conducted extensive investigations into government corruption, national security matters, and international drug trafficking.

      Read Complete Profile >
  • Peru
    • Angel Paez, Peru, is the founder of Peru's first investigative reporting team and has been working as its director at La Republica since 1990, exposing government corruption, international drug trafficking, and clandestine warfare.

      Read Complete Profile >
  • Ireland
    • Paul Williams, Ireland, is the chief crime correspondent for Dublin's Sunday World newspaper.

      Read Complete Profile >
  • Kenya
  • India
    • Rakesh Kalshian, India, is a former reporter for the weekly magazine Outlook India where he focused on the environment, a beat he has covered since 1991.

      Read Complete Profile >
  • New Zealand
  • More countries >
The Network Locate ICIJ members on this interactive map. Our members include newspaper and magazine reporters, TV and radio producers, and freelance journalists worldwide. Investigations From Around the World Find links and tools for cross-border investigative reporting, from networking with other journalists to tracking down documents and filing FOIAs. Investigations From Around the World Read some of the world’s best investigative reporting from ICIJ members, associates and others – on the environment, national security, corruption and more.