Mario Ferreiro
Paraguayan politician and journalist
Mario Aníbal Ferreiro Sanabria (born May 30, 1959) is a Paraguayan television host and politician. He was the presidential candidate of the centre-left coalition Avanza País in the April 2013 elections and received 5.88% of the vote.
He was intendant of City of Asunción, capital of Paraguay, from 2015 to 2019.
His parents were Revolutionary Febrerista Party members. He studied at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción and also in the United States. He became a radio and newspaper journalist in 1979 and a television host in 1980. He has hosted TV programs on SNT such as La mañana de cada día (2003–2012) and 24 Horas. He has also published several books of short stories and jokes.
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