Nuria Piera

Nuria Esperanza Piera Gainza (born 29 June 1960) is a Dominican journalist specializing in investigative journalism. Piera is CEO of NCDN,[6] a news production company in CDN (channel 37); she is also owner of Provideo.[7][8]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Piera and the second or maternal family name is Gainza.
Nuria Piera
Born
Nuria Esperanza Piera Gainza[1][2]
NationalityDominican[3]
Spanish[3]
Occupation(s)Investigative journalist, TV producer, lawyer[1]
SpousePablo McKinney (married 1999–divorced 200?)
PartnerFelíx Jiménez (2005) [4]
ChildrenLeslie Paola McKinney Piera (b. 2001)
Parent(s)Berna Gainza, José Enrique Piera Puig
AwardsSoberano Award: El Gran Soberano (1999);[5] Soberano Award for Best Weekly Programme of Investigative Journalism (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011);[1] Hija Benemérita de la Ciudad de Santo Domingo[1]
Websitenuria.com.do

Biography

Piera was born in Santo Domingo to immigrants from Spain: her mother was Basque and her father was Catalan.[3][9][10] Piera was orphaned at 10 years old when her father, journalist José Enrique Piera Puig, was killed in 1970 by the authoritarian regime of Joaquín Balaguer.[11]

Career

In September 2013, a news investigation led by Piera revealed that the Papal Nuncio of Santo Domingo, Józef Wesołowski, whom Pope Francis had dismissed, was not removed from office due to a dispute he held for three years with Puerto Rican Cardinal Roberto González Nieves, as stated in the Italian and Dominican press and as insinuated by the archbishop of Santo Domingo Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez,[12][13] but instead due to the consumption of alcoholic beverages in areas of dubious reputation and abuse of children and adolescent males,[14][15] This emerged as another scandal of pederasty in the Catholic Church.[16][17]

In 2014, EFE listed her as one of the most influential women in Ibero-America.[17][18]

In May 2023, human rights organizations Amnesty International and Citizen Lab confirmed that a mobile device belonging to Nuria Piera was targeted by Pegasus spyware at least three times between 2020 and 2021, likely in connection to Piera's investigations of governmental corruption and impunity. This is the first confirmed use of spyware against a journalist in the Dominican Republic.[19]

Personal life

Nuria married journalist and broadcaster Pablo McKinney, from whose union was born Nuria's only daughter, Leslie Paola McKinney.[20]

References
  1. "Nuria Piera" (in Spanish). Nuria.com.do. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. "Nuria-Euclides" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. Olivo Peña, Gustavo (29 August 2011). "Nuria declara: "Euclides recurre al insulto porque no tiene argumentos"" (in Spanish). Acento.com.do. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015. Asimismo, afirmó que Gutiérrez Félix miente al decir que ella no es dominicana, sino española. "Dijo que yo no soy dominicana, sino española. Yo soy dominicana. Nacida en Santo Domingo, de padres españoles. Y me siento muy orgullosa de ser dominicana. Acogiéndome a la Constitución, tengo la doble nacionalidad, dominicana y española", precisó.
  4. Reyes Guzmán (21 September 2005). "Nuria Piera y Félix (Felucho) Jiménez ponen punto final a relación". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. "Soberano 2013" (in Spanish). Premios Soberano. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. "Nuria Piera asume dirección de CDN" (in Spanish). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  7. Guerrero, Teresa (3 April 2013). "CDN se renueva con estudio y alianza estratégica con Provideo". Acento (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  8. Tavárez, Juan Enrique (2 April 2013). "CDN ahora es NCDN con nueva programación, tecnología y talento humano". 7 Días (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  9. Irizarri, Evelyn (28 March 2013). "Nuria Piera: "El éxito no es cuestión de suerte, es la suma de muchas cosas"" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  10. "Murió Berta Gainza, madre de Nuria Piera" (in Spanish). Hoy. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2013. (...) Entre Nuria y su madre siempre existió un vínculo estrecho. La señora Gainza, de origen vasco, ... (...)
  11. "Periodista vincula ex secretario FFAA con el asesinato Enrique Piera" (in Spanish). New York: almomento.net. 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013. El ex presidente del Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas (CDP) ofreció el dato en respuesta a una pregunta sobre las circunstancias y motivos de la ejecución de Piera Puig, padre de la periodista Nuria Piera, enfatizando que ésta quedó tan afectada emocionalmente que investiga otras muchas cosas y no el asesinato de su progenitor. (...) López Reyes sostuvo que el productor del programa "Puntos sobre las Ies" cayó abatido de siete disparos de armas calibre 38 y 9 milímetros, a las 7:30 de la noche del viernes 9 de octubre de 1970, en su residencia del ensanche Ozama, en presencia de su esposa Berna Gainza y sus hijas Sonia y Nuria, de 12 y 10 años de edad. (...) El ex presidente del CDP descalificó la versión de que el crimen fue obra de un tentáculo internacional, ni de Francisco Franco, motivado por un conflicto que tuvo con un alto funcionario de ese régimen, por sus ataques a éste, y por lo cual salió de España, donde nació.
  12. "Santa Sede destituye a nuncio Wesolowski: pugna de tres años con el arzobispo de Puerto Rico provocó su salida" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  13. Ramón Urbáez (28 August 2013). "Cardenal destaca gestión de nuncio" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  14. "Nuria denuncia destituido nuncio Wesolowski bebía y prostituía niños" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Acento.com.do. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  15. "La Procuraduría concluye pesquisa en caso de exnuncio Jozef Wesolowski" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Listín Diario. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  16. Diulka Pérez (4 September 2013). "Pope pulls ambassador to Dominican Republic amid abuse allegations". Santo Domingo. CNN. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  17. Ynmaculada Cruz Hierro (4 April 2014). "Nuria: "Me he sentido víctima de la desinformación y la tergiversación"" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  18. "Nuria Piera y Margarita Cedeño son incluidas entre mujeres hispanas más influyentes". Acento (in Spanish). EFE/Acento. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  19. "Pegasus discovered on journalist's phone in Dominican Republic". Amnesty International. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  20. "Pablo McKinney explica como Nuria Piera lo obligó a renunciar de CDN". 1 August 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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