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Edgard Portela

News Analyst
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Edgard Portela is the Media Research Center’s Latino division news analyst and a bilingual contributor to NewsBusters since February 2016. He is the author of the MRC Latino study that looked into coverage of the situation in Venezuela in 2016, Venezuela Crisis Coverage: Univision, Telemundo Put ABC, CBS & NBC To Shame (Spanish version).

In an interview for Univision, Bernie Sanders shied away from speaking about US foreign policy and Latin America, in particular his speechlessness on the failures of socialism in Venezuela. Edgard Portela caught the moment, and was featured in many conservative news outlets like The Blaze, American Thinker, Red Alert Politics, and Hot Air, among others. He also caught the Vermont Socialist advocating for the release of an unrepentant terrorist from a communist extremist group, Oscar López Rivera, in a campaign stop in Portela’s native city San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Portela has been a leader in the conservative movement since his days as an undergraduate at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI (2008), where he studied Political Science and Economics, and served as Chairman of College Republicans. He is a long time suffering Detroit Lions fan.


Latest Blogs

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Bernie Hits Bump on Univision: Speechless on Socialism’s Failures

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Edgard Portela
May 26th, 2016 9:10 AM
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Venezuela Coverage: Univision, Telemundo Put ABC, CBS & NBC To Shame

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Edgard Portela
May 25th, 2016 9:00 AM
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Superficial Coverage of Candidates’ Engagement with Evangelicals

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Edgard Portela
May 24th, 2016 5:30 PM
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Sorpresa: Ramos entrevista partidario de Trump de origen mexicano

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Edgard Portela
May 19th, 2016 2:26 PM
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Media Silence: In Puerto Rico, Bernie Pledges Pardon for Terrorist

Latino
Edgard Portela
May 19th, 2016 7:45 AM

Cobertura favorable a las "ciudades-santuario" domina en Telemundo

Edgard Portela
May 16th, 2016 9:36 PM
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Leyes de identificación de votantes en la mirilla de Univisión

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Edgard Portela
May 16th, 2016 6:12 PM
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Surprise: Jorge Ramos Interviews Mexican-American Trump Supporter

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Edgard Portela
May 16th, 2016 4:16 PM
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Voter ID Laws Trashed By Univision

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Edgard Portela
May 15th, 2016 10:20 AM
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Destrozando a Trump: Jorge Ramos al borde de la obsesión

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Edgard Portela
May 12th, 2016 10:37 PM

Protestas contra Hillary censuradas por Univisión y Telemundo

Edgard Portela
May 12th, 2016 2:57 PM
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Pro-Sanctuary City Coverage Dominates Telemundo

Edgard Portela
May 12th, 2016 8:40 AM
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Sheriff "anti-inmigrante" Arpaio tiene "campos de concentración"

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Edgard Portela
May 11th, 2016 7:04 PM
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Estudiantes “Dump Trump” sostienen un argumento dudoso en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
May 10th, 2016 8:17 PM
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Trashing Trump: Jorge Ramos Bordering On Obsessive

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Edgard Portela
May 10th, 2016 7:30 AM
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Anti-Hillary Protests Blacked Out By Univision, Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
May 9th, 2016 2:57 PM

'Dump Trump' Protesters Tell Dubious Sob Story on Univision

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Edgard Portela
May 6th, 2016 7:20 AM
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Univision, Telemundo omiten las causas del impago de Puerto Rico

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Edgard Portela
May 4th, 2016 3:43 PM
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¿Telemundo ruega por el muro fronterizo de Trump?

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Edgard Portela
May 4th, 2016 3:18 PM
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Telemundo: ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Sheriff Arpaio Has ‘Concentration Camps’

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Edgard Portela
May 4th, 2016 7:45 AM