Alberto Lati


Alberto Lati Mercado is a Mexican journalist and writer. Graduated in Communication Sciences at Iberoamerican University. Lati currently does play-by-play for Fox Sports and host a program called Agenda Fox Sports. Moreover, he is a commentator at , and writes for Diario 24 Horas newspaper. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he hosted Russia Latitude for National Geographic. The program documented the most important historical places in Russia weaving history, politic, culture, and soccer. The sportscaster worked for Televisa, the biggest multimedia mass media company in Mexico, from 1995 to 2016. His first book "Latitudes: Crónica, viaje y balón", his first published in 2013 was reissued and became a bestseller in 2016.

Career

Lati has been sport's correspondent, among others, in the Olympics, Super Bowl, European Football Championship and Copa Libertadores. As a reporter, Lati has visited almost 100 countries and lived in Tokyo, Madrid, Athens, Munich, Beijing, Johannesburg, and London. The journalist carried the torch of the London Olympics on July 6, 2012. It must be emphasized his active participation with ACNUR campaigns on refugees dilemmas.
As a polyglot he speaks Spanish, English, French, Japanese, Italian, Greek, German, Hebrew, Mandarin, and Portuguese. Currently, he is learning Russian. His noteworthy interviews include Nobel Prize laureates: Malala Yousafza, Dalai Lama, Rigoberta Menchú and Óscar Arias, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, tennis champ Roger Federer, football stars: Diego Armando Maradona, Pelé and Cristiano Ronaldo, and "the fastest man alive" Usain Bolt. In addition, he has interviewed famous political leaders, cultural figures and famous actors, such as, Lech Walesa, Frederik de Klerk, Shimon Peres, Georgios Papandreu, Ban Ki-moon, Nadine Gordimer, Carlos Fuentes, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, John Paul Jones, Chris Cornell, George Clooney, Keira Knightley, Mia Farrow y Ralph Fiennes, Scorpions, Muse, Zubin Mehta and Plácido Domingo.

Writer

Lati narrates his experiences around the world in "Latitudes: Crónica, viaje y balón", his first published book and bestseller in 2016. In 2018 he published his first novel "Aquí, Borya". In May 2020 he published "100 Dioses del Olimpo: De niños a Superhéroes" and "20 pelotazos de esperanza en tiempos de crisis".

Publications

  1. "Latitudes: Crónica, viaje y balón" - 2013
  2. "Aquí, Borya" - 2018
  3. "100 genios del balón" - 2019
  4. "100 Dioses del Olimpo: De niños a Superhéroes " - 2020
  5. "20 pelotazos de esperanza en tiempos de crisis" - 2020