Alberto Lati

Alberto Lati
Alberto Lati Olympic Games
Born	June 20, 1978 Mexico City, MEX
Occupation	Journalist

Alberto Lati Mercado (born 20 June 1978) is a journalist, television and radio broadcaster, lecturer and Mexican writer. Graduated in Communication Sciences at Iberoamerican University. He worked for 21 years for Televisa, which is the biggest multimedia mass media company in Mexico. Since 2016 he works at Fox Sports. He also contributes with Claro Sports, Referee and Diario 24 Horas.^[1]

Career

Lati has been sport’s correspondent, among others, in the Olympics, Super Bowl, European Football Championship and Copa Libertadores. As a reporter, Lati visited almost 100 countries and lived in Tokyo, Madrid, Athens, Munich, Beijing, Johannesburg, and London. The journalist carried the torch of the London Olympics on July 6, 2012. It must be emphasized his active participation with ACNUR campaigns^[2] on refugees dilemmas.

As a polyglot^[3] he speaks Spanish, English, French, Japanese, Italian, Greek, German, Hebrew, Mandarin, and Portuguese. Currently, he is learning Russian. His noteworthy interviews include Nobel Prize laureates: Malala Yousafza,^[4] Dalai Lama, Rigoberta Menchú and Óscar Arias, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps,^[5] tennis champ Roger Federer, football stars: Diego Armando Maradona, Pelé and Cristiano Ronaldo, and “the fastest man alive” Usain Bolt. In addition, he has interviewed famous political leaders, cultural figures and famous actors, such as, Lech Walesa, Frederik de Klerk, Shimon Peres, Georgios Papandreu, Ban Ki-moon, Nadine Gordimer, Carlos Fuentes, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, John Paul Jones, Chris Cornell, George Clooney, Keira Knightley, Mia Farrow y Ralph Fiennes, Scorpions, Muse, Zubin Mehta and Plácido Domingo.

Writer

Lati narrates his experiences around the world in "Latitudes: Crónica, viaje y balón^[6]", his first published book.

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