Overview
- The third Martín Fierro Latino was held November 23 at Miami’s JW Marriott Brickell, with Chilean host Martín Cárcamo receiving the Martín Fierro de Oro.
- América TV’s telecast hovered below one rating point as MasterChef Celebrity peaked around 10.4, placing the awards well behind competing programming.
- Viewers and media flagged persistent production issues, including stretches without audio, signal cuts, frozen or pixelated video, and handwritten winner envelopes.
- Controversy grew after Secretos Verdaderos, hosted by APTRA president Luis Ventura, shared the Production Integral award with DSPORTS’ Cobertura Mundial de Clubes, prompting questions about impartiality.
- Ventura, who presented the top prize, later defended the event on Argentine TV, dismissing harsh critiques as bad-faith attacks and praising the effort to stage the gala in Miami.