María Seoane

María Seoane (25 January 1948 – 27 December 2023) was an Argentine economist, journalist, and writer who ventured into film. She won numerous awards and published eight books on political issues in Argentine history. She was the director of LRA Radio Nacional from 2009 until her resignation on 21 December 2015. Seoane died on 27 December 2023, at the age of 75.

Seoane had a degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.

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Seoane was a professor in the Journalism Master's program of the Chair of Journalistic Research at the University of San Andrés (Buenos Aires), and Columbia University (United States).

Seoane was an OAS consultant, and prepared reports on freedom of expression for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

In 1990s Seoane joined the select group of the Journalists' Association.

In 2002, she signed a request from the Journalists' Association criticizing the detention of Ernestina Herrera de Noble by Judge Roberto Marquevich [es] , due to the alleged appropriation of two children of disappeared persons.

During the government of Néstor Kirchner she was director of the magazine Caras y Caretas. In 2009, under Cristina Fernández, she became Executive Director of LRA Radio Nacional. She resigned the position on 21 December 2015.

Seoane was a member of the group COMUNA, in favour of democratic communication.

Seoane's first book, The Night of Pencils (La noche de los lápices), was adapted into a film of the same name by Argentine director Héctor Olivera.

Seoane ventured into directing with the documentary Gelbard, historia secreta del último burgués nacional (along with Carlos Castro, 2006), about the former Economy Minister José Ber Gelbard.

Seoane also directed the 2011 animated film Eva from Argentina, focusing on the historical figures Eva Perón and Rodolfo Walsh.