Her journalism career began at the weekly newspaper Marcha and continued during her exile in Peru, where she worked for various publications.
[1][2][3][4] On her mother's side, she was a descendant of the Uruguayan founding father José Gervasio Artigas.
[1][2][4] She eventually became the newspaper's culture editor and then its director, from 2008 to 2012, and she continued writing for Brecha until her retirement.
[1] She frequently returned to Peru, where in 1995 she served as Brecha's correspondent covering the Cenepa War.
[4][6][7] The following year, she became a founding member of the Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo (C3M) group, many of whom had joined her in exile in Peru.