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54-581: Since 1988, the flagship early-evening broadcast has been co-anchored by Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas ; the program's late-evening edition, Noticiero Univision: Edición Nocturna ( Spanish for 'Univision News: Late Edition'), is currently anchored by Ilia Calderón (who has served as anchor of that edition since 2009) and Enrique Acevedo (who joined the program in 2012). The program's weekend editions, Noticiero Univision: Fin de Semana ( Spanish for 'Univision News: Weekend'), are currently co-anchored by Félix de Bedout (who joined

108-524: A bilingual newspaper column that is published internationally, and appears regularly as a pundit on English-language cable networks, like CNN and MSNBC . Polls among American Latinos rank him as the most trusted and influential Hispanic in America, surpassing all other political leaders, and his Q Score among Latino audiences places him between soccer star Lionel Messi and pop singer Shakira . In 2002, he founded Despierta Leyendo ( Wake Up Reading ),

162-543: A brief sabbatical from the weekend editions, Edna Schmidt was subsequently reassigned to weeknight co-anchor of the late newscast, before being let go by Noticias Univision after 19 years with the network on September 11, 2011, while in New York City to cover the ceremonies in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks . On January 10, 2012, Univision removed Berlanga from his duties as anchor of

216-578: A co-anchor of Noticiero Univision: Edición Nocturna (at which time, the late editions of the weekend broadcasts adopted that same title), alongside Ilia Calderón. In September 2012, Univision began to timeshift the Saturday early-evening editions of Noticiero Univision: Fin de Semana one hour earlier in the Eastern , Central and Mountain Time Zones (at 5:30 p.m. Eastern and 4:30 p.m. in

270-616: A focus on major news headlines and utilizes separate anchors on the weeknight editions. In 1999, Univision hired veteran journalist Enrique Gratas – original host of the Telemundo newsmagazine Ocurrió Así – to anchor a revamped late-night newscast, Noticiero Univision: Ultima Hora ("Univision News: Final Hour"); Sergio Urquidi was subsequently appointed as weekend anchor of Noticiero Univision (joining María Antonieta Collins who has been anchoring Fin de Semana since 1990) and Ultima Hora . Debuting on October 23, 1999, of that year,

324-650: A handwritten request in June, Trump, who had filed a lawsuit against Univision over its decision to drop the Miss Universe pageant following the candidate's comments about Mexican immigrants , posted Ramos's letter on Instagram , which exposed Ramos's cell phone number . Trump later deleted the post. On August 25, 2015, Ramos attended a news conference held in Dubuque, Iowa , by Trump. Prior to attending, Ramos studied previous Trump press conferences and discovered

378-422: A late-evening newscast, Noticiero Univision: Edición Nocturna ("Univision News: Evening Edition"), at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time, which was solo anchored by Ramos throughout its original run; as well as two half-hour weekend editions under the title Noticiero Univision: Fin de Semana . For much of its existence, the late-night edition maintained a similar format to the early-evening broadcast, albeit with more of

432-442: A pattern of Trump repetitively interjecting "excuse me" and calling on another reporter when asked a question opposing his beliefs. Due to this knowledge, Ramos refused to sit down and persistently continued questioning Trump about his immigration policies when rebuffed. Ramos insisted on his rights as a reporter and United States citizen to ask a question, prompting Trump's Head of Security Keith Schiller to push him backwards out of

486-576: A relationship with Venezuelan TV host and actress Chiquinquirá Delgado , who has two daughters from previous relationships. He lives in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami . Although raised Roman Catholic, Ramos does not believe in God, calling himself an agnostic . He has criticized Pope Francis for presiding over the canonization of Pope John Paul II , who he believes willingly covered up abuses committed by Catholic priests. Ramos

540-426: A revamped flagship evening newscast, Noticiero Univision . Mexican-born journalist Jorge Ramos – who joined SIN in 1984 as a reporter for KMEX and later host of the network's first morning program , Mundo Latino – was reassigned and paired alongside veteran KMEX journalist María Elena Salinas – who replaced Teresa Rodriguez as anchor – to co-anchor the evening newscast. In 1989, the program expanded to include

594-483: A shoestring budget in a run-down facility on Melrose Avenue . At KMEX, Ramos felt he could express himself freely: "To me it was a palace... the United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression." Three years later, he became the host for KMEX's morning program, Mundo Latino . In 1987, Ramos then joined SIN's national operation which

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648-646: A single half-hour broadcast each weeknight at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time . Guillermo Restrepo served as the newscast's first anchor and was later joined by Teresa Abate (later Teresa Rodriguez) - the latter of whom became the first Hispanic female anchor of a national newscast in the United States. In 1987, after Spanish International Network co-founder Emilio Nicolas Sr. and Emilio Azcárraga Milmo (co-owner of Mexican broadcaster Televisa , who assumed part-ownership of SIN from his father Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta in 1972) sold their interests in parent company Spanish International Communications to Hallmark Cards after

702-757: A suburb of Mexico City. His father was an architect. He attended Catholic schools where he states he was abused by the priests. Ramos graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City where he majored in communications. Ramos has a Master's degree in International Studies from the University of Miami . In 2007, the University of Richmond conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters on him. Ramos worked for Grupo Televisa 's flagship XEW-TV in Mexico City for

756-764: Is a Mexican-American journalist and author . Regarded as the best-known Spanish-language news anchor in the United States of America, he has been referred to as "The Walter Cronkite of Latin America". Based in Miami, Florida , he anchors the Univision news television program Noticiero Univision , the Univision Sunday-morning political news program Al Punto , and the Fusion TV English-language program America with Jorge Ramos . He has covered five wars, and events ranging from

810-528: Is registered as an independent voter. Ramos disclosed in June 2015 that his daughter, Paola Ramos, was working for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign . Jorge Ramos has won eleven Emmy Awards and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for excellence in journalism. In 2015, Ramos was one of the people selected for the five different covers of Time ' s issue listing " The World's 100 Most Influential People ". That same year he

864-467: Is reportedly an admirer of Oriana Fallaci . On September 9, 2024, Ramos announced that he would depart from Univision following the 2024 presidential election , after a 39-year tenure with the network. Ramos earned a master's degree in international studies at the University of Miami in Florida. In 2008, Ramos became a United States citizen, after many years of feeling personally conflicted over

918-558: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Justice Department asked them to divest the network to a U.S.-based company amid inquiries into Nicolas' use by the Azcárraga family to skirt agency rules prohibiting foreign ownership of broadcast media outlets, In 1987, the network – which was renamed Univision following the purchase – appointed former NBC News producer Roberto FE Soto to produce

972-554: The Great Recession and a sharp downturn in advertising spending, which resulted in the layoffs of 300 employees (or 6% of its workforce), as well as the cancellation of the weekend editions of the newsmagazine Primer Impacto and its companion program Primer Impacto Extra . The late-night edition retained the Ultima Hora brand, though restoring a more traditional newscast format. On May 29, 2009, Enrique Teuteló – then

1026-733: The fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Afghanistan . Ramos has won ten Emmy Awards and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for excellence in journalism. He has also been included on Time magazine's list of "The World's Most Influential People". Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos was born on March 16, 1958, in Mexico City , Mexico , to a Roman Catholic family, and he was raised in the Bosques de Echegaray neighborhood of Naucalpan ,

1080-973: The fall of the Berlin Wall , Ramos has said he remembered thinking, "This is why I am what I am!" Other world events he covered include the Salvadoran Civil War , the Persian Gulf War , the dissolution of the Soviet Union , and the 9/11 terrorist attacks . During the United States's War in Afghanistan , Ramos traveled there on his own while on vacation because his network refused to send him. Throughout his career he has covered five wars. As of 2014, KMEX-DT his Univision 34 news shows regularly beat their English language competition among young viewers. He has interviewed multiple world leaders including Barack Obama , George W. Bush , Bill Clinton , George H. W. Bush , Fidel Castro , Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chávez . Ramos also writes

1134-478: The 11:00 p.m. anchor at Univision's Miami owned-and-operated station WLTV-DT – was named as Urquidi's replacement on the weekend editions of Última Hora and Noticiero Univision: Fin de Semana . On March 3, 2011, Univision correspondent Martin Berlanga announced while substituting during that evening's edition of Ultima Hora that he would taking over as weekend anchor, replacing Enrique Teuteló, who

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1188-554: The Saturday and Sunday editions, with Ramos joining him on the following week on January 28. On January 23, 2012, the program introduced a new graphics package; it also relocated production of Noticiero Univision and Edición Nocturna to a new set branded as "[el] Centro de Noticias" ("[the] News Center"). The set was later updated to incorporate the new version of Univision's universal corporate logo, which debuted on January 1, 2013. On April 23, 2012, former Telemundo anchor and special correspondent Enrique Acevedo joined Univision as

1242-631: The U.S., second only to NBC Nightly News , with a median viewer age of 44, at least ten years younger than the average age of its English language evening news competitors. The program is based out of Noticias Univision's "NewsPort" facilities in Doral , Florida . As the Spanish International Network (SIN), KMEX began broadcasting news programs on June 1, 1981, when the network debuted a weeknight newscast, Noticiero Nacional SIN ("SIN National News"), which originally aired as

1296-634: The United States. Born in Bahía Blanca , Gratas started working in Argentina as a radio speaker in 1966 and moved to television news a year later. He moved to the United States in 1971 and worked as a correspondent for Argentine television. Later he joined the sport division of the Los Angeles KWHY-TV station. In 1978 he conducted the first Spanish-language sports program from Los Angeles station KMEX-TV . From 1982 to 1985 he

1350-591: The Univision NewsPort, based in a converted former office and warehouse complex near Univision's network headquarters in the Miami exurb of Doral, Florida that would also house the operations of Fusion , Univision's cable news venture with ABC News . The NewsPort houses five studios and five control rooms , one of which – located directly next to the newsroom offices – began housing the "Centro de Noticias" set in February 2015, following completion of

1404-439: The broadcaster who would most determine the 2012 presidential election . Ramos' increased notability, however, led to criticism of his advocacy approach . To this Ramos has stated, "Our position is clearly pro-Latino or pro-immigrant ... We are simply being the voice of those who don't have a voice." In 2015, after Donald Trump became a presidential candidate, Ramos pursued an interview with Trump for months. When he sent Trump

1458-440: The conference room. About 15 minutes later, Trump allowed Ramos to return to the conference, where he and Trump engaged in a heated exchange on the issue. Trump later explained that he had not called on Ramos for a question, as he had called on another reporter in the audience. Ramos accused Trump of "spreading hate" with his calls for mass deportations of undocumented families , and repealing birthright citizenship , and questioned

1512-432: The country including Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis , along with Latino and Muslim victims. His journey lasted nine months, often placing him in danger as both an immigrant and a Mexican-American man. In order to gain face time with members of white supremacist groups, Ramos partnered with director Catherine Tambini, an American who the groups were under the impression they would be speaking to, and only right before

1566-526: The equipment and interview recordings, he was released hours later and deported from the country. During the interview, Maduro denied there was a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela , which led Ramos to show Maduro images of Venezuelans eating garbage to point out that there was indeed a crisis. After being released, Ramos stated that he and his group were held because this action bothered Maduro. The Information Minister of Maduro, Jorge Rodríguez , described

1620-527: The feasibility of Trump's proposals. He also questioned Trump's viability as a candidate among Latino voters, citing a poll indicating that 75% of those voters held unfavorable opinions of him, and projected that Trump would only get 16% of the Latino vote. Election exit polls showed Trump getting 29% of the Hispanic vote, a 13% increase over Ramos's projection. Most Latinos did not vote though. Latino turnout

1674-458: The first book club in the history of Spanish-language television. On February 21, 2008, he represented Univision in a Democratic debate between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on The University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas . In 2012, Ramos, critical of the lack of Latino moderators in any of the U.S. presidential debates , complained that the debate commission

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1728-483: The following year. In October 2000, Gratas launched Última Hora on Univision, which successfully continued to be aired for 10 years. Gratas was laid off in March 2009 along with 300 other Univision employees. Together with Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas , they are considered amongst the most respected Spanish-language television journalists in the United States and Latin America. Enrique Gratas last worked as

1782-408: The hour-long Ultima Hora (which reverted to a half-hour format in 2004) was modeled after the original format of Nightline , providing in-depth stories and analysis on three or four of the day's major news stories that were previously covered on the flagship evening newscast – occasionally covering late-breaking stories which had occurred since that broadcast – and interviews with newsmakers. In

1836-541: The incident as a "cheap show." On April 12, 2019, his intervention in the morning conference of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador was controversial over the confrontation he held with López Obrador, around homicide figures in Mexico in the period of the administration. The episode opened a debate on the use of figures of malicious homicides in Mexico and its different sources. He interviewed Fidel Castro , confronted Obama on deportations, confronted Trump and

1890-583: The interview started did Ramos sit down to ask questions. In 2016, Ramos began leveraging Facebook Live to stream raw footage taken on his phone to social media audiences, gaining 2.6 million views on his Iowa caucus videos and over four million on his reports during the New Hampshire primaries . On February 25, 2019, he was held with his journalistic group in the Miraflores Palace after an interview with Nicolás Maduro . After seizing

1944-480: The matter. He had considered himself just another "Mexican with a green card." That year, however, his 50th birthday, he had lived in Mexico 25 years and 25 years in the United States, and came to a realization, explaining, "You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are," Ramos said. "I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country. I am from both countries. It took me many years to make peace with that thought, and that I

1998-473: The national news anchor of the Noticias al Minuto newsbriefs on sister network TeleFutura (now UniMás ) – was named as Collins' replacement as co-anchor of the weekend newscasts, joining Urquidi on the early evening edition. On February 28, 2009, Univision terminated the contracts of Enrique Gratas and Sergio Urquidi as part of corporate cutbacks enacted by parent company Univision Communications spurred by

2052-595: The network in 2007 from San Antonio owned-and-operated station KWEX-DT , where she served as anchor of its 10:00 p.m. newscast and co-host of the community affairs magazine program, Portada San Antonio ) would become co-anchor of Noticiero Univision: Fin de Semana , effective Saturday, September 6. In February 2021, Loizaga resigned from her position after being hired by Univision's competitor Telemundo , where she would host their new morning show, Hoy Día . On December 8, 2017, Maria Elena Salinas stepped down as weekday anchor and departed Univision after 36 years with

2106-524: The network to focus on being an independent news producer with Ilia Calderón being named as co-anchor to the weekday newscasts with Jorge Ramos. Subsequently, Patricia Janiot joined Univision in January 2018 to anchor Edición Nocturna after departing her previous position at CNN en Español ) † Indicates deceased Jorge Ramos (news anchor) Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈramos] ; born March 16, 1958)

2160-437: The network's broadcast stations). In addition, the parent Noticias Univision division airs co-branded hourly, one-minute news capsules under the title Breve Informativo de Noticiero Univision ( Spanish for 'Univision News Brief') that air during commercial breaks – except those featured during the early- and late-evening newscasts – throughout the broadcast day on the network. Often, there will be special reports under

2214-560: The network's local version of 60 Minutes . At the age of 24, he quit that job after a story he produced that was critical of Mexico's government was censored. In 1983, he left Mexico on a student visa for Los Angeles , where he planned to enroll in the UCLA Extension 's journalism classes. In 1984, he was hired by KMEX-TV , an affiliate of what was then the Spanish International Network (SIN) in Los Angeles, which operated on

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2268-651: The other two) since 2012, following the addition of soccer matches that precede Univision's prime time variety programming, on weeks in which those matches are scheduled to air within the newscast's regular 6:30/5:30 timeslot. On October 1, 2012, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored main anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 33rd News & Documentary Emmy Awards for their journalistic work with Noticiero Univision and its parent news division. In September 2013, Univision moved production of its evening newscasts to

2322-423: The program in 2011) and Arantxa Loizaga (who became co-anchor in 2014). The two evening programs are respectively broadcast live at 6:30 and 11:35 p.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time seven nights a week (with rebroadcasts at 11:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. Eastern and Pacific, respectively for the early and late editions; the former of the two rebroadcasts is usually preempted by local newscasts on most of

2376-459: The set's reassembly in the NewsPort building; all Noticias Univision broadcasts were conducted from the newsroom in the interim. On July 14, 2014, Lourdes Ramos stepped down as weekend co-anchor to relocate to Madrid with her husband, although she would remain with Noticias Univision as a special correspondent. On September 3, 2014, Noticias Univision announced that Arantxa Loizaga (who joined

2430-417: The summer of 2004, Telemundo signed María Antonieta Collins – who had been anchor of the weekend editions of Noticiero Univision – to a long-term contract to host a morning news and lifestyle program for the network, Cada Dia with Maria Antonieta ("Every Day with Maria Antonieta") (Collins would return to Noticias Univision as a senior special correspondent in 2011). On October 24, 2005, Edna Schmidt – then

2484-409: The title Informe Especial de Noticiero Univision ( Spanish for 'Univision News Special Report'). It is currently the most watched Spanish language network newscast in the United States, regularly beating its nearest rival, Telemundo 's Noticiero Telemundo ; it is also has some of the highest viewership among the key demographic of adults ages 18 to 49 among all evening news programs in

2538-593: The weekend newscasts after only ten months, effective after the January 15 edition of Fin de Semana , in which Berlanga did not indicate he would no longer anchor the weekend broadcasts; he was reassigned to a correspondent role, before Berlanga departed from the network after 17 years in March. ¡Despierta América! news co-anchor Félix de Bedout and longtime Televisa anchor/correspondent Lourdes Ramos (sister of main anchor Jorge Ramos) were concurrently named as his replacements; originally slated to start together on January 21, de Bedout debuted that week as solo anchor of

2592-437: Was "stuck in the 1950s". When Univision held its own forums with candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney , Ramos challenged both of them on their immigration policies, specifically Romney's "self-deportation" policy, which Ramos considered an insult to Latinos, and Obama's deportation of more than 1.4 million people, and his reneging on his promise to address immigration during his first term. Washington Monthly named Ramos

2646-470: Was actually under 50%, even lower than the historically low election turnout overall. It was higher in the prior election since Obama was running. The press conference incident inspired Ramos to create his documentary Hate Rising focused on increasing incidents of racial bigotry and violence across the country, which aired October 23, 2016, on Univision and Fusion . In preparation for the documentary, Ramos met with members of various hate groups across

2700-546: Was awarded the International Career in Journalism accolade by Ondas Awards . Enrique Gratas Enrique O. Gratas (born Gratás ; November 25, 1944 – October 8, 2015) was an Argentine journalist and television personality known for being the original host of Ocurrio Asi on Telemundo , and the former anchor of Univision 's Última Hora ( Last Hour ), the second most popular Spanish newscast in

2754-703: Was never going back to Mexico." Ramos has been married twice. His first wife was Gina Montaner, daughter of exiled Cuban author Carlos Alberto Montaner ; they had one daughter, Paola (born 1988). They divorced in 1990 and Paola was raised by her mother in Spain. In 1992, he married Lisa Bolivar in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They had one son, Nicolas, and they divorced in 2005. He dated Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera , but since 2011, he has been in

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2808-528: Was rebranded as the Univision network a year later after coming under new ownership; Univision has a broad entertainment and news-sharing agreement with Televisa. Since 1987, Ramos has been the anchorman for Noticiero Univision , a nightly Spanish language newscast, alongside colleague María Elena Salinas . He also hosts Al Punto , a Spanish-language Sunday public affairs program aired weekly on Univision, and America with Jorge Ramos , an English language news magazine on Fusion TV . In 1989, as he watched

2862-440: Was terminated by the news division the day prior (he would subsequently become morning co-anchor at the network's New York City owned-and-operated station WXTV-DT that June). Then on March 7, the network announced that Ilia Calderón would be named anchor of the late evening edition, which was retitled to its original name Noticiero Univision: Edición Nocturna , while retaining her duties as co-anchor of Primer Impacto . After

2916-472: Was the news director of the New Jersey WXTV . In 1989, he moved to Miami where Executive Producer Fran Mires brought him in to anchor Telemundo 's flagship show, the network's first daily investigative news magazine Ocurrio asi ("It happened like this"). When Gratas left Telemundo Network in 1999, Pedro Sevcec took over the show temporarily before being replaced by Ana Patricia Candiani

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