Sergio Sarmiento, TV Azteca, Mexico

Sergio Sarmiento is a syndicated newspaper columnist whose articles are published in 22 Mexican newspapers, including Reforma in Mexico City and El Norte in Monterrey. He is also a television commentator and vice president of the editorial committee of TV Azteca.

Sarmiento began publishing professional articles in newspapers and magazines at age 17. In 1978, at 24, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Encylopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc., of Latin America. In 1981, while still working for Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Sarmiento began a political and economic column in the Mexican daily El Financiero. In 1984, he started doing commentaries for Grupo Radio Centro, a major Mexican radio network. In 1993 he became a commentator for TV Azteca, Mexico's second largest television network. In 1994 he moved his column to Reforma, Mexico's leading newspaper, and began to syndicate it nationally. Sarmiento is a recipient of the Juan Pablos Award for Editorial Merit given by Mexico's National Chamber of Publishers. He has also been made chevalier of the order of arts and letters by the government of France. In 1999, he was awarded the José Pagés Llergo award for opinion pieces. Sarmiento holds a bachelor of arts with honors in philosophy and linguistics from York University of Toronto, Canada.

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