Jorge Ramos

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Biography

Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos is a Mexican-born 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".

  • Primary profession
  • Writer
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 16 March 1958
  • Place of birth
  • Montevideo
  • Residence
  • Miami
  • Education
  • University of California· Los Angeles·Universidad Iberoamericana·University of Miami
  • Knows language
  • Spanish language

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Quotes

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

Hate is contagious. A few seconds after Donald Trump has told me something hateful, somebody else repeats it. He has legitimized what people only dare say in their kitchens and bedrooms.

Elie Wiesel says that neutrality only helps the oppressor, never the victim. And I think you can apply that to journalism.

What I find most interesting about the U. S. is this idea of equality.

Happiness for me is the people whom you love, love you back.

My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power.

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