Gregorio Selser

Who is Gregorio Selser?

Gregorio Selser was an Argentine journalist and historian. He published an extensive bibliography critical of globalization, imperialism, and covert operations implemented by the CIA in Latin America, in particular.

Selser was born in Buenos Aires. He earned a degree in Journalism at the University of Buenos Aires, and in 1955, was hired by the Uruguayan weekly journal, Marcha, as its chief Argentine correspondent. That year, he published his first book, a biography on Nicaraguan nationalist Augusto Sandino. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1956, and joined the editorial board of La Prensa. Selser joined the IPS news agency in 1964.

He and his family left Argentina following the March 1976 coup, and was hired as researcher by the Latin American Institute of Latin American Studies. His three daughters, Irene, Gabriela and Claudia Selser, each became journalists in their own right.

Selser was recognized by critics as "a Latin Americanist committed to freedom and justice."