Jules Dubois (31 March 1910, New York City - 15 August 1966, Bogotá[1]) was a Latin America correspondent for the Chicago Tribune (1947–1966)[1] and chairman of the Inter-American Press Association's press freedom committee, which he helped to organize in 1951.[2] On his unexpected death of a heart attack in Bogotá, Colombia, in August 1966, he was described as "the world's most widely known and most decorated reporter of Latin American affairs".[1]
Dubois worked for the New York Herald Tribune (1927–1929), before moving to Panama and working on various newspapers there.[1] At the outbreak of World War II he became an army intelligence officer, serving in Panama, North Africa and Europe as well as the Pentagon.[1] He was a graduate of the U.S. Army's command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth.[1]TIME described him as "an old friend" of Guatemalan President Carlos Castillo Armas, Armas having "studied under Colonel-Instructor Dubois during World War II in the U.S. Army's command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth."[2] Dubois was present during the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état which brought Castillo Armas to power.[2] His obituary declared that "he knew every president, every chief of staff, every dictator, and most of the would-be dictators in Latin America,"[1] and "could get more information on a telephone in a hotel room in one afternoon than most correspondents could get in months of travel."[1]
