Rosa Maria Palacios

Rosa María Augusta Palacios McBride (San Isidro, Lima, August 29, 1963) is a Peruvian lawyer and journalist. Known for her political interviews and legal debate skills, Palacios has directed and hosted various political radio and television programs on CCN, Canal N, Antena Informativa, América Televisión, Global Televisión, ATV, ATV+, RPP, Radio Capital, Radio Exitosa and Radio Santa Rosa.

After dedicating herself to consulting in the public and private sectors, Palacios abandoned the practice of law to enter journalism full-time in 1999. For seven years, she was director and host of the television program Prensa libre, of a political-social nature, from 2004 to 2011. Currently, she is a university professor and host on Radio Santa Rosa (1500 AM) of the journalistic program A ponder más con Rosa María Palacios.

Early years and education

He was born on August 29, 1963; His father is Aurelio Palacios Moreyra, son of Carlos Palacios Villacampa and Amelia Moreyra y Paz-Soldán. His mother is Miriam Mc Bride Arbayza, daughter of Luis Mc Bride Miller and Eva Christina Arbayza Strohmeier. She is the grandniece of the politician Carlos Moreyra y Paz-Soldán and the historian Manuel Moreyra y Paz Soldán.

He studied primary and secondary school at the María Reina Marianistas School. Once graduated, she studied Law at PUCP, where she obtained a law degree. She completed a master's degree in Comparative Jurisprudence at the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Early career

He carried out his professional internship at the Rubio Leguía Normand Studio, in the city of Lima.

From the end of 1991 to April 1992, he was part of the Special Commission of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for the proposal to reform the Executive Branch. Promoted by the then president of the Council of Ministers, Alfonso de los Heros.

Public administration

In March 1993, she joined Indecopi, where she was technical secretary of the Commission for the Repression of Unfair Competition until March 1994. From May 1994 to July 1995, she was a member of the Consumer Protection Commission.

In 1996, she was a consultant to the Executive Secretariat of the Public Administration Modernization Program (PMAP) of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The program was created by the Framework Law for the Modernization of Public Administration with the objective of design and conduct the modernization process and was directed by the then ministers Alberto Pandolfi, Jorge Camet Dickmann and Jaime Yoshiyama. In this position, she served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the United States Agency for International Development on issues of State reform.

Political consulting

1998

In 1998, she worked as a consultant for the electoral campaign of Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller, who was running for the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima with the Fujimori party Vamos Vecino, in the development of his government plan.

2016

For the second round of the 2016 general elections, Palacios and journalist Gustavo Gorriti voluntarily participated in the preparation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for his second and final debate with Keiko Fujimori. Palacios played Fujimori during the debate rehearsal..

Journalism

He started in journalism in 1999 at CCN and RPP. She was host of Ampliación de Noticias , on RPP, from 1999 to 2004.

Since 2000, he worked at Canal N and RPP. The first was in 2000, under the title Woman's Word, while the second remained from February 2001 to July 2004. In addition to his work at RPP, he was in charge of Free Tribune, on Antena Informativa.

In 2008, he returned to radio, through Radio Capital.

On August 2, 2004, he began hosting the program Prensa libre, on América Televisión, which continued until June 27, 2011. On June 28, 2011, his broadcast was canceled. daily nightly program. The then president of the board of directors of América Televisión, Luis Miró Quesada Valega, declared: «Free Press has set the standard in political information, with professionalism and objectivity. We are very grateful for the work carried out by Rosa María Palacios and her entire team at the helm of this program." According to Palacios, whose contract with América Televisión expired on Thursday, June 30, 2011, her program was profitable, had credibility and was among the most viewed at night.

On September 26 of the same year, he returned to television with Open Tribune, on Global Television.

Later, on November 1, 2011, he reappeared on ATV with the segment La hora macabra, in the company of Augusto Álvarez Rodrich. It is a segment where he gave his opinion on political, police, cultural events in a colloquial and spontaneous manner, and was on air until April 4, 2012. One day before the end of La Hora Macabra, Augusto and Rosa María Palacios clarified that it was suspended not due to political or political issues. audience rating, but it was due to lack of advertising.

Palacios hosted, since November 18, 2012, It's news on ATV and RMP on ATV+. On July 14, 2013, the driver announced her departure from the ATV Group.

On June 18, 2013, after finishing her morning program on Radio Capital, the journalist announced, via Twitter, her departure from Radio Capital and the RPP Group, regretting the economic crisis that the conglomerate is going through and the surprise of the news.

In 2014, she hosted the program Rosa María Palacios en Exitosa, but, at the end of that year, she resigned due to non-payment.

He also hosted the program At the same point, broadcast on the web portal Espacio360.pe. He interviews and publishes weekly columns in the newspaper La República and is a professor at the PUCP. He has maintained opinion columns in the newspapers Correo , La Primera , Perú.21 and La República .

Currently, he hosts the program Sin guion, broadcast on YouTube on the RTV-La República channel, a program about Peruvian politics.

Personal life

In 1988, she married Alberto Varillas Cueto, son of former minister Alberto Varillas Montenegro and María Virginia Cueto Duthurburu. The couple has five children.

Programs

Television

• CCN municipal (CCN, 1999)
• Women's Word (Canal N, 2000)
• Free Tribune (Informative Antenna, 2001-2004)
• Press free (America Televisión, 2004-2011)
• Open forum (Global Television, 2011-2012)
• The time of macabre (ATV, 2011-2012)
• It's news. (ATV, 2012-2013)
• RMP (ATV+, 2012-2013)
• At the same point (2013)
• In a loud voice (America Next, 2019)

Radio

• News expansion (RPP, 1999-2004)
• Rosa Maria Palacios in Capital (Radio Capital, 2008-2013)
• Rosa Maria Palacios in Exitosa (Radio Exitosa, 2014)
• To think more with Rosa María Palacios (Radio Santa Rosa, 2016-present/December 2020)

Publications

• The challenge of decentralization (1999), with Leonie Roca
• Technical standards and quality certifications (1994)
• Out of the air (2017), with Augusto Álvarez Rodrich and Juan Carlos Tafur

Recognitions

• Luces Award for Best Journalist Program Presenter (2007)
• Jerusalem Prize for Journalism (Peru)
• Eisenhower scholarship

Genealogy