Dino Rozenberg’s career as a journalist began young and began well. At the tender age of 19, he was already writing for La Nación, Argentina’s newspaper of record.

In his first eight years, Dino covered a variety of political stories for this venerable newspaper. The kind of stories that resulted in him being sent to jail at the age of 25. Then in 1976, things changed for the worse. Things often do with military coups. The military stormed into Dino's apartment intending to arrest him. Luckily, Dino was not home and managed to escape capture. Argentina, however, wasn’t as fortunate.The country was plunged into the darkness of one of the harshest dictatorships in Latin American history.

The military junta’s campaign against left-wing political opponents soon expanded to include journalists in its sights. Some were fired. Some were exiled or imprisoned. The unluckiest were simply “disappeared”. 

They were never heard from again.

Fearing for their lives, Dino and his girlfriend escaped to Mexico. There, Dino found a job in his profession within a month and went on to build a dynamic career over the next 43 years. He wrote for reputed publications and radio channels that specialized in business, finance, and technology. Though he was frequently confronted by corrupt politicians and violent drug cartels along the way, Dino was undeterred, and he rose to become an editorial director and editor.

Though Dino had never received a formal education in journalism, his remarkable experience and knowledge made him a sought- after lecturer at journalism schools across Mexico. His career was at its apex when Dino made a life-altering decision in 2020. He relocated to Montreal, Canada to be closer to his children, fully intending to continue his storied career there.

However, Montreal was colder than expected. His attempts to find work with Canadian publications were met with silence.

The experience and knowledge that were so prized in Mexico were unvalued in Canadian mainstream media. Dino struggled to stay alive as a journalist in Argentina. Now he is struggling to make a living as one in Canada.
The only Canadian publication that appreciated his work was a Hispanic digital magazine, where he was able to continue writing in a modest fashion, in Spanish and French. Dino has been frozen out.

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