Mercedes Soler (journalist)
Mercedes Soler is the anchor of NotiMujer at CNN en Español, a daily live television program geared to Spanish-speaking women in the United States and Latin America. She is based at CNN's production center in Miami. She joined the international news network in October 2010, as part of a rebranded look and wave of new programs moving away from the traditional news-desk programs.
Before joining CNN, she served as senior correspondent and anchor for the Spanish-language network Univision investigating stories in the U.S. and Latin America. She has also worked as a columnist, author, radio commentator, producer, director and professor.
Soler has interviewed various high-profile figures during her two decade career including Alberto Fujimori of Peru, Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico, Carlos Menem of Argentina, Violeta Chamorro and Arnoldo Alemán of Nicaragua, Abdalá Bucaram and Gustavo Noboa of Ecuador, and Ernesto Samper of Colombia.
Soler is the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award for coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She has received five Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as 15 nominations.
She was raised between Havana, Madrid, Las Palmas and Chicago.
