Samuel Wainer (December 19, 1910 – September 2, 1980) was a Brazilian journalist and author.
Wainer was born into a Jewish family from Bessarabia, more precisely in the Edineț District, then part of the Russian Empire.
[4] He was a reporter of Diários Associados in 1950, when he interviewed Getúlio Vargas, with whom he would later keep a close friendship.
[1][5] He also faced strong opposition from Carlos Lacerda and Assis Chateaubriand (owner of Diários Associados) during his career, specially when he founded his own newspaper, that would openly support Vargas presidency.
[5] Wainer was the only Brazilian and Latin American journalist present at the Nuremberg Trials.