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Ramos in 2004, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Date of Birth: March 16, 1958
Ethnicity: Mexican
Jorge Ramos is a Mexican-American journalist and author. He is known for his coverage of Hispanic-related news in the U.S. He anchors Univision news programs Noticiero Univision and Al Punto , as well as Fusion TV program America with Jorge Ramos . He is known as “The Walter Cronkite of Latin America.”
Jorge was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of an architect father, and of a mother named María de Lourdes Ávalos Blanco, and was raised in a Roman Catholic family, in the Bosques de Echegaray neighborhood of Naucalpan. He moved to the U.S. on a student visa in 1983. He has a daughter, journalist Paola Ramos, with his former wife Gina Montaner; and a son with his former wife Lisa Bolivar. Gina was the daughter of exiled Cuban author and journalist Carlos Alberto Montaner. Jorge became a U.S. citizen in 2008.
One of Jorge’s grandfathers was named Miguel.
Source: http://jorgeramos.com