Ignacio Ramonet

Ignacio Ramonet Miguez born 5 May 1943 is the Spanish academic, journalist as well as writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming number one known for writing on film as well as media, he became editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique, serving from 1991 until March 2008. Under his leadership, LMD introducing editorial independence in 1996 from Le Monde, with which it had been affiliated since 1954.

Ramonet published an editorial in December 1997 in LMD on the Tobin tax that led to the launching of ATTAC. This is an activist organization promoting taxation of foreign exchange transactions.

In addition, Ramonet is one of the founders as well as president of the Media Watch Global. He frequently contributes to El País, among other media, and participates in an advisory council to TeleSUR.

Opinions

Ramonet says that it is for a betrayal of socialism for some social democrat parties to advance to chosen the third way between socialism and capitalism.

The NGO Reporters without Borders had a thing that is caused or submitted by something else approximately Ramonet's strong relationship with Fidel Castro. Ramonet denied this claim in 2002. In May 2004, Ramonet supported Castro in a direct television interview when Castro protested approximately Forbes Magazine's list of country leaders' wealth. Castro was number 7 on the list.

In 2006, Ramonet praised Castro in a series of articles in Foreign Policy journal. He was approved as Castro's only authorised biographer. In September 2006, Ramonet published Fidel Castro : Biografía a Dos Voces.

Ramonet has called for autarky and for regulation, taxes and tariffs that reduce international trade.