Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalosis a Mexican-born American journalist and author, regarded as the best-known Spanish-language news anchor in the United States, for which he has been referred to as "The Walter Cronkite of Latino America". Currently based in Miami, Florida, he anchors the Univision news television program, Noticiero Univision; hosts the Univision Sunday-morning, political news program, Al Punto; and hosts the Fusion TV English-language program, America with Jorge Ramos. He has covered five wars, and events ranging from the fall...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 March 1958
CountryMexico
Latinos are very sensitive to different accents. I sort of lost my Mexican accent, and that's what they were looking for in this case some sort of neutral accent that could be understood on both coasts and in different Hispanic communities: Puerto Ricans on the East Coast, Cubans in Fort Lauderdale and Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles.
I will go to a nice restaurant in Miami, and no one sitting at the tables will notice me or even know who I am. Then everyone in the kitchen comes out and wants to take a picture.
I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.
When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.