Stella Calloni Explained

Stella Calloni
Birth Name:	Stella Manuela Juliana Calloni Leguizamón
Birth Date:	19 June 1935
Birth Place:	Pueblo Leguizamón, La Paz Department, Argentina
Occupation:	Journalist, writer

Stella Manuela Juliana Calloni Leguizamón (born 19 June 1935) is an Argentine journalist and writer specializing in international politics, whose investigative work focuses on Latin American military dictatorships and related political processes.^[1] Her books Los años del lobo: la Operación Cóndor (1999) and Operación Cóndor, pacto criminal (2006) gather parts of her research into the campaign known as Operation Condor.

Biography

Stella Calloni was born on 19 June 1935 in the small town of Pueblo Leguizamón, in La Paz Department, Entre Ríos Province.^[2] She attended school in her home province and then moved to Buenos Aires to complete her education. There she linked up with left-wing militants and intellectuals such as Zelmar Michelini, Néstor Taboada Terán, and Miguel Ángel Asturias, and began to write for magazines such as Política Internacional and Cristianismo y revolución.^[3]

She started covering international news stories during the 1970 Chilean presidential election.^[4] During the civic-military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, she went into exile in Mexico and Panama.^[5] In those years she worked as editor of the magazine Formato Dieciséis, and as a screenwriter for the University of Panama's University Film Experimental Group.^[6]

She is a contributor to the Voltaire Network, created at the initiative of Thierry Meyssan, editor of El Día Latinoamericano, and a South American correspondent for La Jornada, both based in Mexico City.^[7]

Throughout her professional career, she has interviewed numerous heads of state, such as Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Rafael Correa, Daniel Ortega, Salvador Allende, Omar Torrijos, Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi, and Felipe González.^[8]

Awards and recognition

• José Martí Latin American Journalism Award (1986)^[9]
• Journalism School Award (2003)^[10]
• Félix Elmuza Distinction from the Union of Journalists of Cuba (2006)^[11]
• (2008)^[12]
• Rodolfo Walsh Award from the National University of La Plata (2012)^[13]
• Outstanding Personality in the Field of Human Rights from the Buenos Aires City Legislature^[14]
• Cultural Ambassador ad honorem by disposition of the Governor of Entre Ríos (2014)^[8]

In 2013, the journalists Julio Ferrer and Héctor Bernardo published a biographical narrative of Fidel Castro, assembled from a series of interviews with Stella Calloni, with a preface by Castro himself.^[5]

In 2022, she was honored by the Periodistas Argentinas collective, along with 14 other media professionals, as a role model and inspiration. This recognition was presented on 8 March, within the framework of International Women's Day.^[15]

Selected publications

• Book: Torrijos y el Canal de Panamá . Torrijos and the Panama Canal . 1974 . Editora Nuestra América . Buenos Aires . 35781117 . es.
• Book: Carta a Leroi Jones y otros poemas . Letter to Leroi Jones and Other Poems . 1983 . Ediciones Formato Dieciseis . Panamá . 11312241 . es.
• Book: La 'guerra encubierta' contra Contadora: Centroamérica, enero-diciembre de 1983 . The 'Covert War' Against Contadora: Central America, January–December 1983 . 1984 . Centro de Capacitación Social . Panama . 10521033 . es. Co-authored with Rafael Cribari.
• Book: Nicaragua, el tercer día . Nicaragua, The Third Day . 1987 . Ediciones Noé . Buenos Aires . 17639707 . es.
• Book: Los riesgos de la soberanía . The Risks of Sovereignty . Buenos Aires . 1988 . Ideas, Letras, Arte en la Crisis . 252942140 . es.
• Book: Panamá: pequeña Hiroshima . Panama: Little Hiroshima . 1st . 1991 . Publicaciones Mexicanas . Mexico . 9789686352207 . 29549788 . es.
• Book: Memorias de trashumante . Migrant Memories . Buenos Aires . 1998 . Papeles de Coghlan . 9789879954843 . 760393682 . es. Poetry.
• Book: Los años del lobo: Operación Cóndor . The Years of the Wolf: Operation Condor . 1999 . Peña Lillo – Continente . Buenos Aires . 9789507540547 . 807660851 . es. Prologue by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.
• Book: Argentina: de la crisis a la resistencia . Argentina: From Crisis to Resistance . Mexico . 2002 . La Jornada Ediciones . 9789686719727 . 52618873 . es.
• Book: Qué son las asambleas populares . What are Popular Assemblies . Buenos Aires . 2002 . Continente . 9789507540974 . 250007942 . es. Co-authored with Rafael Bielsa and Miguel Bonasso.
• Book: La invasión a Iraq: guerra imperial y resistencia . The Invasion of Iraq: Imperial War and Resistance . Buenos Aires . 2003 . Ediciones Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos . 9789508601438 . 54494615 . es. Co-authored with .
• Book: Recolonización o independencia – América Latina en el siglo XXI . Recolonization and Independence – Latin America in the 21st Century . 1st . 2004 . Grupo Editorial Norma . Buenos Aires . 9789875451971 . 57922094 . es. Co-authored with Víctor Ego Ducrot.
• Book: Operación Cóndor: pacto criminal . Operation Condor: Criminal Pact . 2006 . Fondo Cultural del ALBA . Havana . 9789591900012 . 216942037 . es. Translated into German in 2010 with the title Operación Cóndor: Lateinamerika im Griff der Todesschwadronen.
• Book: Xamán: un ejemplo de impunidad dentro del genocidio guatemalteco y experiencias comparadas de países latinoamericanos . Xamán: An Example of Impunity Within the Guatemalan Genocide and Comparative Experiences of Latin American Countries . 2006 . Tercera Prensa . San Sebastán . 9788487303920 . 1025413468 . es. Co-authored with Xavier Goikolea Ameraun.
• Book: Los subverdes . Buenos Aires . 2007 . Patagonia . 9789872232771 . 552977777 . es. . Poetry. 1st edition c. 1976.
• Book: Evo en la mira: CIA y DEA en Bolivia . Evo in the Crosshairs: CIA and DEA in Bolivia . Buenos Aires . 2009 . Punto de Encuentro . 9789871567119 . 837382018 . es. Prologue by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.
• Book: Operación Cóndor: 40 años después . Operation Condor: 40 Years Later . International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights . 9789873720420 . 1037097323 . es . October 2015. Co-authored with Baltasar Garzón and Grègoire Champenois.
• Book: Mujeres de fuego: historias de amor, arte y militancia . Women of Fire: Stories of Love, Art, and Militancy . Buenos Aires . 2016 . Peña Lillo Ediciones Continente . 9789507546044 . 1045293428 . es. Interviews with Gloria Gaitán, Fanny Edelman, Gladys Marín, Danielle Mitterrand, Nélida Piñon,, Rigoberta Menchú, Sarah Méndez, and Olga Orozco. Biographical stories about Manuela Sáenz, Frida Kahlo, and Rosario Castellanos.
• Book: Donde baila la tierra - Antología poética . Where the Earth Dances – Poetic Anthology . 1st . 2019 . Continente . 978-950-754-652-5 . es. Poetry.

Notes and References

1. Web site: La guerra contrainsurgente mediática como continuidad del Plan Cóndor . The Media Counterinsurgency War as a Continuation of Operation Condor . . es . 2021-07-12 . 2022-09-04.
2. Web site: Los 86 imprescindibles años de Stella Calloni . The 86 Essential Years of Stella Calloni . Alejo . Brignole . Cubadebate . es . 2021-06-19 . 2022-09-04.
3. News: Hermana Latinoamericana . Latin American Sister . Angel . Berlanga . . es . 2014-04-13 . 2022-09-04.
4. News: Leyendas del periodismo . Legends of Journalism . . es . 2018-05-20 . 2022-09-04.
5. News: Una cronista de la historia de Fidel . A Chronicler of Fidel's History . Gustavo . Veiga . . es . 2014-03-17 . 2022-09-05.
6. Web site: Stella Calloni: 'La mujer es el sostén fuerte de cualquier sociedad' . Stella Calloni: 'The Woman is the Strong Support of Each Society' . Silvina . Friera . NODAL Cultura . es . 2017-02-07 . 2022-09-04.
7. Web site: Los Archivos del Horror del Operativo Cóndor . The Horror Files of Operation Condor . . es . 2022-09-05.
8. Web site: Stella Calloni será Embajadora Cultural Entrerriana . Stella Calloni to Be Entre Ríos Cultural Ambassador . Uno Entre Ríos . es . 2014-07-22 . 2022-09-05.
9. Web site: Se presenta 'La Operación Cóndor', de Stella Calloni . Stella Calloni's 'La Operación Cóndor' is Presented . National University of La Plata Faculty of Journalism and Communication . https://web.archive.org/web/20190929010510/https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/node/1262 . 2019-09-29 . dead . 2022-09-05.
10. Web site: Stella Calloni presentó el libro 'Mujeres de Fuego' . Stella Calloni Presents the Book 'Mujeres de Fuego' . . es . 2017-10-06 . 2022-09-05.
11. News: Imponen a Stella Calloni la distinción Félix Elmuza . Stella Calloni Given the Félix Elmuza Distinction . . es . 2006-04-21 . 2022-09-07.
12. News: Los periodistas debemos rescatar la palabra para la paz y la vida: Calloni . Journalists Must Rescue the Word for Peace and Life: Calloni . Fernando . Camacho Servín . . es . 2008-03-08 . 2022-09-07.
13. Web site: Eduardo Aliverti y Stella Calloni reciben el premio Rodolfo Walsh . Eduardo Aliverti and Stella Calloni Receive the Rodolfo Walsh Award . LaNoticia1 . es . 2012-11-27 . 2022-09-05.
14. News: Distinguieron a la periodista Stella Calloni en la Legislatura porteña . The Journalist Stella Calloni Recognized By the Buenos Aires Legislature . . es . 2014-04-08 . 2022-09-05.
15. News: Día de la mujer: reconocimiento a las maestras del periodismo argentino . Women's Day: Recognition of the Masters of Argentine Journalism . . es . 2022-03-08 . 2022-09-05.