BENJAMIN FERNÁNDEZ BOGADO
Born March 26, 1960 in Asunción (Paraguay), married with three children.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.USA. 2008.
• Doctor in Law and Social Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Asunción. 2006
• Graduate Studies in Media Law Advocates Training Program at
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) 2006
• Graduate Studies in Public Administration at Harvard University
(USA) 1999-2000
• Graduate Studies in Political Sciences at Syracuse University (USA) 1993-1994
• Master in Communications and Law at the University of Minnesota
(USA) 1986-1988
• Attorney at Law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (Paraguay) 1986
• Graduate Studies in Radio Broadcasting Communications. CIESPAL
(Quito) Ecuador. 1983
• Graduate Studies in Journalism at the Universidad de Navarra (España) 1981
• Radio Announcer at the School of Radio and TV Announcers (Paraguay) 1976
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Director of Radio Libre 1997-current.
• Knigth International Journalist Fellow. Mexico. 2008-2009
• Professor of Institutional Communication. Universidad Panamericana.
Mexico DF. 2009.
• Professor of Political Sciences at the National University. Paraguay. 2007.
• Rector of the Universidad Americana. 2004-2006.
• Media Consultant . 1999-current.
• Professor of Communication Law. Universities of Paraguay, Mexico
Colombia and Costa Rica.
• International Consultant regarding Government issues. PNUD 2000- till now.
• President of the Fundación Libre. 1993
• Columnist of Le Monde Diplomatique (Mexican edition) 1998-2000
• Board member of the Mexican Communication Magazine 1999- current.
• Member of International Media Lawyer. 2006
• Media Consultant. Guatemala. 1997
• Secretary of the Ibero-American Association of Information and
Communication Law (Aidic) 2001
• Professor of the Doctoral Program in Information Law at the
Universidad de Occidente del Estado de Sinaloa (Mexico) and the
Universidad Iberoamericana from Mexico city. 2002.
• News Manager of the Sistema Nacional de Televisión – Channel 9 (1995-1999)
• Lecturer regarding Government issues, democracy crisis and human
rights in Sweden, Germany, Canada, Uruguay, Panama, USA, Brazil,
Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, France,
United Kingdom, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El
Salvador and Popular Republic of China.
• Columnist of the newspaper Ultima Hora (1996-2002; and 2006 - current)
• Member of the National Constitutional Congress of Paraguay. (1992)
• Director of the Institute Press and Freedom. (1993)
• Director of the Technological Center of Information and
Communication (Ceticom) (2003)
• News Chief of the Servicio Iberoamericano de Noticias in Madrid,
Spain. (1983)
• Founder of the Union of Journalist of Paraguay. 1979
WORK PUBLISHED
• Y ahora que?. Itinerario de la eternal desilucion politica de
America Latina. Editora Libre y Benemérita Universidad de Puebla
(Mexico) 2009.
• “To shake.” Keys for the construction of a new republic. Editora
Libre. Paraguay. 2006 (Best seller in 2006 in Paraguay). Winner of the
Municipal Literary Award. Paraguay. 2008.
• Public Television: information for everyone. Aidic. 2006. Lima (Peru)
• Dynamcics of Communication: new ways and new actors. Culturelink.
Zagreb (Croacia) 2006
• “The Federal Institute of access to the information of Mexico and
the culture of transparency.” University of Pennsylvania. USA. 2006
• “Corruption in Latin America.” DVD of 60 minutes. Produced and
distributed for all Latin America by USAID and “ Yes, I can.” Quito
(Ecuador) 2005
• “Paraguay, analyzing the present, building the future.” With other
authors. Asunción (2004)
• “Textually. X-rays of a country in crisis.” Asunción. (2003)
• “Media. Information and Communication.” With other authors. Colombia (2003)
• “Anti-corruption, transparency and reform of the Government.” With
other authors. Asunción. ( 2003)
• “The rights of information and communication.” Colombia. ( 2002)
• “Political leadership in Latin America.” Brazil and Germany. ( 2002)
• “Society vs. Politics.” With other authors. Argentina (2002)
• “Journalism, Ethics, Responsibility and Peace.” With other authors.
Bogotá. (2002)
• “Near Dawn.” With other authors. Paraguay (2001)
• “Notes for Jessica.” Collection of political essays. Paraguay. ( 2001)
• “The Punishment and Freedom.” Paraguay (1993)
• Several articles on the right of information, journalistic ethics,
politics, communication and law in magazines and foreign newspapers.
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
• Knight Fellow. Mexico. 2008-2009
• Doctor Honoris Causa. Universidad Tecnologica Intercontinetal. 2007
(For his works on Human Rights in Paraguay).
• Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. 2007-2008.
• Doctor in Law Summa Cum Laude. Universidad Americana.
• Doctor in Law and Social Sciences Cum Laude. Universidad Nacional de
Asunción.
• Medal to the Academic Merit. Universidad Americana. 2006
• Awarded with the Order of the Academic Excellence by the Academy of
Sciences and Letters of Colombia. 2001.
• Best Journalist for AM Radio Stations. 2005
• Young Excellence. Junior Chamber of Paraguay. 2000.
• Nieman Fellowship at the University of Harvard (USA) .1999
• Humphrey Fellowship at the University of Syracuse (New York) 1993
• Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.1986
• Holder of the Adveniat Scholarship at the University of Navarra. 1981
• Great Award to the best original script for television. Korea.1985
• Gold Medal for the Valedictorian in the School of Radio and
Television Announcers 1976.
• Official guest from the governments of Germany, France, Popular
Republic of China, England, Taiwan, Ireland, Greece, Singapore, Japan
and Korea.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Guarani, English, Portuguese and French (reading).
Address: Gaspar R. de Francia 1620 y Andrés Barbero. Zona Sur. Fernando de la Mora – Paraguay
Telephone: 595-21-507356
E-mail: benjaminfernandezb@hotmail.com