Words matter. These are the best Jorge Ramos Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
What I’ll say is that Cuban-Americans don’t have to deal with the same immigration issues as other nationalities because of the ‘wet feet, dry feet’ policy. For Cubans, one year after you touch United States territory, you can become a legal resident.
We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over.
The future of TV is not on TV. It’s on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set.
There’s a huge migration of eyeballs from television screens to cellphones, tablets, and laptops. More and more people prefer to watch their favorite shows at a time and a place of their own choosing. Appointment TV only happens when you are waiting for the doctor.
As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say.
What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.
The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote.
When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.
The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we’ve forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
Once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one.
The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.
I don’t think I win most interviews. For instance, with Fidel Castro, I only spoke with him one minute and three seconds. But I think he won because I couldn’t get anything from him. With the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, it happened exactly the same thing.
I don’t think we’ve asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.
The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression.
What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That’s what I’m trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let’s fight for that.
I’m not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I’m not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It’s like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.
I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.
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.
We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.
It’s a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America.
You wouldn’t expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it’s different. We are pro-immigrant. That’s our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede.
Trump seems to think he can win the White House with only the white vote. I believe that the only way to win the White House is with the Latino vote. If the Republican candidate cannot get 33 percent of it, he cannot win the White House.
Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.
Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not because they want to vote for him but because they want to vote against him.
When you talk to a Latin American president, they make you feel so tiny right from the beginning, right from the moment when they shake your hands.
My only weapon is the question.
You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.
You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
I have been asking if I’m an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I’m just a journalist who asks questions.
Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it’s going to be your last question – as if it’s going to be the last time you talk to that person.
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.
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.
