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
The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression.
Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person.
Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.
We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over.
We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.
I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.
You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country.
When you look at a plate of food it has to be equally appealing to the ownership as to the customer, ... You want a great product, but you can't compromise the profit.
When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.
It's a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America.
What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.
We still have a long way to go, but the commitment is there.
Our program's emphasis is on Latin American, especially Mexican, soccer,
As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say.