MRC Latino | April 12, 2018
JULIO VAQUEIRO, ANCHOR, UNIVISION NEWS: We're going to California. A true battle has unleashed in the cities that debate whether to support or not the sanctuary law. A Telemundo News investigation revealed that many of the anti-immigrant activists are the same ones that invade the communities one by one and join the discussion even if they don’t live there and what is ironic is that several of…
MRC Latino | March 31, 2018
SAMANTHA BEE: Obviously COBRA is not gonna rescue the Puerto Rican people. So who is? In order to find out, I went to San Sebastian and I talked to Mayor Javier Jimenez.  JAVIER JIMENEZ, MAYOR, SAN SEBASTIAN, PUERTO RICO: And it's very difficult to restore the power grid. But here, we took the initiative as a town in order to create a community brigade to help us rebuild the grid.  BEE: So in…
MRC Latino | March 31, 2018
MARGARITA ZAVALA: I'm an attorney, I know how to respect... I respect the laws, the institutions, but I'm also among those who think that another legal framework can be found. At any rate... JORGE RAMOS: But why not the same rights? Margarita, it's 2018. ZAVALA: Yes...yes...at any rate, of course I respect the laws, and the most important thing is that women live happily with whomever  they…
MRC Latino | March 31, 2018
JORGE RAMOS, UNIVISION ANCHOR: Are you a feminist? MARGARITA ZAVALA, CANDIDATE (I), PRESIDENCY OF MEXICO: I have said that I am a feminist, because I defend...because, also, first: I am aware of the enormous discrimination against women. I've done a lot of work in regard to the rights..women's rights. I can tell each...to women...I know,,,what you feel. I know what it is...to make your own way.…
MRC Latino | March 29, 2018
JAIME BAYLY: I do believe you are an activist, and I am going to tell you why. JORGE RAMOS: Go ahead. JAIME BAYLY: …and in this case I am not asking a question, forgive me. JORGE RAMOS: …no, no, no, an affirmation. It’s an analysis, of course. JAIME BAYLY: I believe you are an activist against racism, a topic that you are very sensitive about. You are an activist in favor of immigration,…
MRC Latino | March 27, 2018
CHRISTINE AMANPOUR, HOST AMANPOUR ON PBS: Ramos, perhaps America’s most influential Spanish-language journalist, knows a lot about activism. Here he is at Donald Trump’s campaign event in August of 2015. DONALD TRUMP: Who’s, next? Yeah, please. JORGE RAMOS, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Mr. Trump, I have a question. DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me, sit down, you weren’t called, sit down. JORGE RAMOS: No, I am…
MRC Latino | March 27, 2018
JAIME BAYLY: Do you agree to admit that a political leader that wishes to stop undocumented immigration, is not necessarily a racist? JORGE RAMOS: Oh, of course, I think there are people… JAIME BAYLY: Is it legitimate? JORGE RAMOS: Well, I think that every country has the right to protect its borders and choose who comes and who doesn´t. Now, you have to recognize that there are 250 million…
MRC Latino | March 27, 2018
JORGE RAMOS: I must admit - and I am glad we are talking about this - that if today I were to ask the question again, I would make it much shorter and maybe I would have said, are you a racist? JAIME BAYLY: How interesting, because effectively they are emphatic affirmations… JORGE RAMOS: Yes JAIME BAYLY: that do not contain a question… JORGE RAMOS: No JAIME BAYLY: …though they suggest a…
MRC Latino | March 20, 2018
  JOSE DIAZ-BALART, SENIOR ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: You talk about not being an activist. You say, “I’ve been accused of being an activist. I am not. I’m simply a journalist who asks questions.” JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Of course. DIAZ-BALART:  Now- the questions that you ask could be biased. Or (are they) not? RAMOS: I believe that in cases of racism, discrimination, corruption,…
MRC Latino | March 19, 2018
LIZBETH MATEO, APPOINTED TO THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS PROGRAM PROJECT GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA: That it be something that the rest of the immigrants, the rest of the states see as an example to follow. Its an honor and we know there are many other things that we can do. DONALD TRUMP O/C: This is what it was in the 1990´s… DULCE CASTELLANOS, REPORTER UNIVISION NEWS: The…