End of an Era: Jorge Ramos will exit Univision after presidential election

Spanish-language news will not be the same after December, when Jorge Ramos leaves from Univision Noticias.

In a formal statement, Televisa Univision announced today that, in a mutual agreement with the most famous Spanish-language journalist in the United States, they will not renew the contract they have had for four decades.

Ramos joined Univision more than 40 years ago and for the past 38 years has been the most visible face of the newscast, especially the main 6 p.m. broadcast. He is also in charge of a Sunday morning talk show called 'Al Punto', as well as another in-depth celebrity interview show on TelevisaUnivision's Vix platform.

The journalist is leaving all these projects when he leaves the network.

"This is not goodbye. I will continue anchoring Noticiero Univision until December, and then I will share my professional plans. I am deeply grateful for these four decades at Univision and very proud to be part of a team that has established solid leadership over the years," said Ramos.

Daniel Coronell, president of Noticias Univision, said, "I want to express my respect and gratitude to Jorge Ramos and all he has done for Univision and the growing community we serve every day. Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, our talented team is well prepared to continue the tradition of journalistic excellence that has always defined Noticiero Univision."

The 66-year-old Mexican journalist is considered a U.S. news legend, even though he works only in Spanish. For years he has advocated for the importance of major U.S. and world personalities giving interviews to the Latino and Spanish-speaking press.

Thanks to his pressure, presidential candidates began giving interviews to Univision and Telemundo. Top journalists from these networks have been included in the presidential debates for the past two election periods.

One of his mottos is that journalism has the function of challenging the powerful. With this as a banner he has confronted figures of international stature such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

In 2019, Ramos and his team were kidnapped for several hours by the Nicolás Maduro government in Caracas and then deported, without their equipment.

Ramos vs. Trump

His profile within the United States rose to prominence in 2015 when he sought an interview with then-candidate Donald Trump. Trump, who had posted Ramos' cell phone number on social media, shoved Ramos out of a room during a press conference in Iowa.

Last year, Ramos was one of the Univision journalists who opposed the company's 2023 decision to air an interview with Trump from his Mar-A-Lago residence, which The Washington Post said was arranged in part by company executives.

At the time, Mexican newsman and Univision late news anchor León Krauze resigned from his post in apparent protest. Many wonder now if Ramos's is a delayed casualty of what Univision executives said it was a "change of strategy" in the news coverage of U.S. politics.