Jorge Ramos – Mexican-American News Anchor

For many people in America who are white, Jorge Ramos only became a household name after Donald Trump removed him from a press conference. However, Ramos has been in the media for about 30 years, co-hosting the Univision’s Spanish-language news show. In fact, he might even be the most influential journalist to advocate in the United States.

Ramos is part advocate and part journalist, he believes in talking to candidates on the immigration policy. He also urges all Americans, especially Hispanic Americans to register to vote. Latinos are more likely to vote if they watch Spanish-language news frequently, and political analysts state that the correlation is called the “Jorge Ramos effect”.

Many people refer to Ramos as the “Walter Cronkite of Latino America”. He works out of Miami and anchors the Sunday morning political news program Al Punto, the television program Noticiero Univision,  and the English-language program on Fusion TV called America with Jorge Ramos. During his career, he has covered five wars and many events like the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 2016, Ramos was named as one of the 50 most influential people in the world according to Fortune magazine’s annual survey.

The masculine name Jorge is the Portuguese and Spanish version of George, which is taken from the Greek name Georgios that was derived from the Greek word georgos that means “earth worker” or “farmer”. There are many famous people with the name, from Jorge Campos the Mexican football goalkeeper to Jorge Costa the professional footballer, even Jorge Cham the webcomic writer.