Michael J. Merry

Michael J. Merry was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Essex, England. He trained as a telecommunications instructor and traveled to Latin America to work. He lived there for the next 28 years, primarily in the Republic of Panama. He went on to manage a major U.S. news operation in Latin America, travelling widely in the process. He was in Argentina when the Army revolted in 1987 and Venezuela during the attempted coup by Lt. Colonel (now President) Hugo Chavez in 1992. He eventually moved to Miami scripting two nationally televised financial programs and became Managing Editor of a widely read financial report. Mr. Merry and his wife live close to their two sons and two grandsons in Miami Shores, Florida.