MRC Latino | May 7, 2019
JORGE RAMOS, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: And a rare and authentic Darth Vader costume, from the movie Star Wars, will be auctioned this month in Los Angeles. The item will be sold with gloves, boots and a pair of capes, among other objects from the character. The auctioneers estimate the selling price between one and two million dollars. How about that? ILIA CALDERÓN, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: That’s a lot of…
MRC Latino | April 30, 2019
JORGE RAMOS, HOST, AL PUNTO: Why do you think there are so many Latinos that, according to some polls, are beginning to support Donald Trump? JESÚS MARQUEZ, REPUBLICAN ANALYST: Because they’ve realized that he wasn’t as bad as they made him out to be. We see an economy that is blossoming, especially among Latinos. We have the lowest unemployment in history since there are Latino records…
MRC Latino | April 28, 2019
ADRIANA YANEZ, ANCHOR, NOTICIERO ESTRELLA TV: And Donald Trump’s son-in-law wants to become the White House’s anti-immigrant czar. His racist proposal, with which he expects to solve the border crisis, will be introduced next week. Armando Guzman brings us all the details.   JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: President Trump could receive a new immigration proposal. Its main author is…
MRC Latino | April 26, 2019
JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART, ANCHORMAN, TELEMUNDO: The legendary civil rights activist Dolores Huerta has joined the movement that promotes the so-called "law of dignified death." So far, California, New Jersey and six other states have legalized rules that give the terminally ill the right to decide regarding their death. Rebeka Smyth spoke with patients and activists.
MRC Latino | April 25, 2019
BLANCA ROSA VILCHEZ, CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: Effective August 14th, a new law will extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault against minors. The current 23-year statute of limitations will be extended to 55 years for civil cases, and to 28 years for criminal matters.
MRC Latino | April 25, 2019
PEDRO ROJAS, CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: Anthony Agüero, spokesperson for the armed militia, said they are victims of serious attacks and threats. ANTHONY AGÜERO, SPOKESPERSON, UNITED CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOTS: Now, a person who loves his country and wants to do things right, is something that we consider to be a terrorist? I do not carry weapons, my weapon is my camera and that’s it. ROJAS: Viper…
MRC Latino | April 18, 2019
JORGE RAMOS, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: You have heard President Donald Trump severely criticize the supposedly high cost of illegal immigrants to the economy of this country. But the truth is that the numbers indicate exactly the opposite. A bipartisan group dedicated to studying the contributions that immigrants make to the economy, revealed that immigrants in general generated $1.5 trillion dollars in…
MRC Latino | April 16, 2019
JOSÉ DÍAZ BALART, ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: Cruel and cynical. That´s how Democrats call President Trump´s plan to free migrants in sanctuary cities. ILIA CALDERÓN, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: The mayors of some sanctuary cities in the United States reject the idea of President Trump to move to their areas immigrants who are coming across the border. DÍAZ-BALART: In his proposal, called among other things as…
MRC Latino | April 10, 2019
RAMOS: So what, exactly, is democratic socialism? It’s the idea that democracy and the economy work best when there is a strong social safety net- one that provides people with universal access to education and healthcare, one that protects workers and the environment. Democratic socialism believes that people can participate best in a democracy when their basic needs are taken care of.…
MRC Latino | April 8, 2019
JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR NEWS ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Very well. My question, Mayor, is whether you believe that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator and should leave power.   CARMEN YULÍN CRUZ, NATIONAL CO-CHAIR, SANDERS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: Humanitarian aid cannot be used as a political instrument which is what, in fact, Donald Trump is doing with Puerto Rico, and that the solution to Venezuela’s problems…