. . . . "1943-05-25"^^ . "2011-03-12"^^ . . "Joaquim Ibarz i Melet"@ca . . . . . . . . . . "2011"^^ . . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz"@es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1943-05-25"^^ . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (Zaid\u00EDn, 25 de mayo de 1943 - Zaid\u00EDn, 12 de marzo de 2011) fue un periodista espa\u00F1ol."@es . . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz"@en . . . . . . "Coverage of Latin America"@en . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (25 May 1943 \u2013 12 March 2011) was a Spanish journalist who for 28 years was a Latin America correspondent for the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia. He was widely recognized by his journalistic colleagues and others as an expert on Latin American affairs and as an authoritative and witty commentator upon them. El Pa\u00EDs correspondent Juan Jes\u00FAs Azn\u00E1rez described Ibarz as \"the journalist who knows the most about Latin America.\" Also described as \"a defender of democracy and a staunch critic of the populist and authoritarian regimes in Latin America,\" Ibarz was present at the 1992 Fujimori coup in Peru, the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, and other major events in modern Latin American history. In 1991, owing to his coverage of the regime of Fidel Castro, he became the first Spaniard to be expelled from Cuba. He later recalled that after the fall of the Soviet Union, Cubans \"were so desperate that they were eating the island's cats,\" and said that no story he had ever written had \"raised such a ruckus\" as the 1992 article in which he \"confirmed the sad fate of Cuban cats\" by asking 300 or so Cubans if they had eaten cat. \"About a third said yes.\" In addition to being expelled from Cuba, he was accused by Hugo Ch\u00E1vez of being \"responsible for the political agitations against the Bolivarian caudillo.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Barcelona, Spain"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (25 May 1943 \u2013 12 March 2011) was a Spanish journalist who for 28 years was a Latin America correspondent for the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia. He was widely recognized by his journalistic colleagues and others as an expert on Latin American affairs and as an authoritative and witty commentator upon them. El Pa\u00EDs correspondent Juan Jes\u00FAs Azn\u00E1rez described Ibarz as \"the journalist who knows the most about Latin America.\""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1062896384"^^ . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet"@en . "41194151"^^ . . "1943"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz"@en . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (Zaid\u00EDn, 25 de mayo de 1943 - Zaid\u00EDn, 12 de marzo de 2011) fue un periodista espa\u00F1ol."@es . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet"@en . . . . . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (Said\u00ED, Baix Cinca, 25 de maig de 1943 - Said\u00ED, Baix Cinca, 12 de mar\u00E7 de 2011) va ser un periodista i escriptor catal\u00E0. Llicenciat en periodisme per la Universidad de Navarra, va comen\u00E7ar a treballar com a redactor d'El Noticiero entre 1965 i 1968. Expulsat per haver participat en una manifestaci\u00F3 antifranquista, posteriorment va treballar a Tele/Express, on va ser director de la secci\u00F3 d'esports, cap de la secci\u00F3 internacional i cap de cultura. Tamb\u00E9 va dirigir el setmanari Primera Plana i la revista Bar\u00E7a entre 1971 i 1976, i va col\u00B7laborar al butllet\u00ED oficial del FC Barcelona. El 1982 va incorporar-se a La Vanguardia, on va ser corresponsal d'Am\u00E8rica Llatina fins a la seva jubilaci\u00F3. Establert a Ciutat de M\u00E8xic, va cobrir diversos esdeveniments de la hist\u00F2ria de Lla"@ca . . "2011-03-12"^^ . . . . . . "18246"^^ . . "Joaquim Ibarz Melet (Said\u00ED, Baix Cinca, 25 de maig de 1943 - Said\u00ED, Baix Cinca, 12 de mar\u00E7 de 2011) va ser un periodista i escriptor catal\u00E0. Llicenciat en periodisme per la Universidad de Navarra, va comen\u00E7ar a treballar com a redactor d'El Noticiero entre 1965 i 1968. Expulsat per haver participat en una manifestaci\u00F3 antifranquista, posteriorment va treballar a Tele/Express, on va ser director de la secci\u00F3 d'esports, cap de la secci\u00F3 internacional i cap de cultura. Tamb\u00E9 va dirigir el setmanari Primera Plana i la revista Bar\u00E7a entre 1971 i 1976, i va col\u00B7laborar al butllet\u00ED oficial del FC Barcelona. El 1982 va incorporar-se a La Vanguardia, on va ser corresponsal d'Am\u00E8rica Llatina fins a la seva jubilaci\u00F3. Establert a Ciutat de M\u00E8xic, va cobrir diversos esdeveniments de la hist\u00F2ria de Llatinoam\u00E8rica. Entre d'altres, el r\u00E8gim sandinista a Nicaragua, l'enderrocament del general Noriega a Panam\u00E0, el cop d'estat d'Alberto Fujimori al Per\u00FA, el r\u00E8gim d'Hugo Ch\u00E1vez a Vene\u00E7uela o el r\u00E8gim comunista de Fidel Castro a C, essent el primer ciutad\u00E0 espanyol expulsat del pa\u00EDs el 1989. Per la seva traject\u00F2ria professional va rebre diversos premis, destacant el premi de periodisme Cirilo Rodr\u00EDguez el 2009 i el premi Maria Moors Cabot de la Universitat de Col\u00FAmbia el 2010."@ca .