The TV presenter has died at the age of 87 in Santiago, Chile. He was one of the main faces of the "no" campaign in the 1988 plebiscite that ended military rule.
Bañados achieved public recognition for his work on radio and channels, but also for defending his convictions. During the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and in the midst of intense persecution of opponents, he sought to challenge the regime by preventing the delivery of information manipulated by the regime. The journalist was born in 1935 in Santiago de Chile.