Jorge Ramos
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Jorge Ramos (born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican-American television reporter and syndicated columnist who is the anchor of Univision's news show Noticias Univision.
Ramos was a journalist in his native Mexico and immigrated to the United States, going through the hardships of many recent immigrants. He eventually attended the University of California Los Angeles where he furthered his journalistic activities.
Ramos, who joined the News program in 1985 and Univision a short time before that, has interviewed multiple world leaders, including Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, Vicente Fox, Hugo Chávez, Ernesto Samper Pizano, Ernesto Zedillo and many others. He has also been reporting from many places when historic events happen, including Kuwait for the Gulf War, New York, where he reported live from Ground Zero after the September 11 2001 attacks, and Mexico City, where he covered one of Pope John Paul II's visits.
Ramos returned to Kuwait to cover the 2003 Iraq war.
On the news show, he works alongside Maria Elena Salinas.
Ramos has also authored various books, including one where he spoke of his experiences during war and while interviewing Presidents.
Books
- The Latino Wave : How Hispanics Will Elect the Next American President
(Ola Latina, La : Como los Hispanos Elegiran al Proximo Presidente de los Estados Unidos )
- No Borders : A Journalist's Search for Home (Atravesando Fronteras)
- The Other Face of America : Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future (La otra cara de América)
- Lo que vi
- A la caza del León