Jorge Ramos (news anchor)
Jorge Ramos | |
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Ramos speaker for NASA's Hispanic Education Campaign, January 2010 | |
| Born | Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos March 16, 1958 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Citizenship | American, Mexican |
| Education | Ibero-American University (BA) University of Miami (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, activist |
| Employer | Univision (1985–2024) |
| Notable credit(s) | Noticiero Univision co-anchor (1987–2024) Al Punto host (2007–2024) Fusion host (2013–2021) |
| Spouses | Gina Montaner (divorced)Lisa Bolivar (divorced) |
| Children | 2, including Paola Ramos |
| Website | Official website |
Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈramos]; born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican 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 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".