MEXICO CITY — Coming back to Mexico always fills me with vitality and hope. Whenever I return, I feel like the country is on the verge of big change. But, inevitably, the change never arrives.
Waiting for the Mexican Spring
Jorge Ramos speech at the International Center for Journalists
“I’m Just A Journalist Who Asks Questions”
After my encounter with Donald Trump a couple of months ago, many people have asked me: are you a journalist or an activist?
The Paths of Joan Manuel Serrat
Throughout his 50-year career, the Spanish musician and songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat has navigated countless paths — and his timeless songs have been with me through the years as I have traveled on my own paths. In fact, his music has become an essential component of my life’s musical score. Understandably, I was thrilled to book an interview with him recently.
Hot Outside, Cold Inside
In recent years, I’ve been in some pretty hot and steamy places in the middle of summer — the Caribbean and India, for instance, or Miami, where I live — and I constantly find myself shivering.
The End of the Party
I visited the island of Mykonos, Greece, in early July, shortly before voters shot down the country’s deal with its creditors in a referendum. Despite Greece’s woes, life was great on Mykonos, or so it seemed. I remember one particular night in which it felt like there was a huge party going on.
Dining With Strangers
TEL AVIV – If the purpose of traveling abroad is to learn something new, why not enjoy some home cooking and dine with locals? During a recent trip to Tel Aviv for a television segment chronicling the things that separate and unite Israelis and Arabs, our team did just that: We made two dinners part of our investigative efforts. (I’ve never had such a tasty reporting experience.)
Of Journalists and Dinosaurs
If you want to see some dinosaurs, you don’t have to go to a museum. Just tune in to a …
Mexico’s Flawed Logic
“When he awoke, the dinosaur still was there.” – Augusto Monterroso. Let’s say there are two people, and one of …
Celebrating the Silence
What would you really like to be doing right now? That’s a question we undoubtedly ask ourselves all the time. …
The End of TV (As We Know It)
I recently spoke with three young program hosts who are on the cusp of a media revolution. While I interviewed …