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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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Missing Back Story on Puerto Rico’s May Day Default

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Edgard Portela
May 2nd, 2016 9:55 PM
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Univisión analiza peligro de menores indocumentados con tuberculosis

Latino
Edgard Portela
May 1st, 2016 1:35 PM
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Telemundo Begs for Trump Border Wall?

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 29th, 2016 7:30 AM
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Danger of Tuberculosis-Infected Undocumented Minors on Univision

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 27th, 2016 7:30 AM
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Clinton pide condescendientemente “ayuda” de televidentes de Univision

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 26th, 2016 9:54 PM
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Clinton Condescendingly Asks Univision’s Viewers for ‘Help’

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 26th, 2016 7:10 AM
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Cómo salir en la televisión en español: ser liberal sobre inmigración

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 21st, 2016 2:35 PM
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Jorge Ramos llega aún más lejos para distorsionar palabras de Trump

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 21st, 2016 2:10 PM
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Día pro-amnistía en los programas matutinos de Univisión y Telemundo

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 20th, 2016 6:10 PM
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How to Get On Spanish-Language TV : Be Liberal on Immigration

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 20th, 2016 9:00 AM

Nastiness in Dem Primary Battle Mostly Absent on Spanish Nets

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 19th, 2016 2:04 PM
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Jorge Ramos Takes Twisting Trump’s Words to Whole New Level

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 19th, 2016 8:40 AM
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Pro-Amnesty 'Praying' Day on Univision, Telemundo Morning Shows

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 18th, 2016 6:38 PM

Univisión y Telemundo omiten nuevas estadísticas de inmigración

Edgard Portela
April 18th, 2016 5:22 PM
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Lucha 'David contra Goliat' del embajador mexicano en Estados Unidos

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 14th, 2016 9:18 PM

Censura a noticias sobre mensajes de Clinton continúan

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 14th, 2016 9:00 PM
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Un pastor compara a Trump con Bin Laden en Univisión y Telemundo

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 14th, 2016 8:39 PM

Latest Immigration Stats Skipped by Univision, Telemundo

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 14th, 2016 4:15 PM
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Mexico’s Ambassador in ‘David vs. Goliath’ Struggle, Says Telemundo

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 14th, 2016 9:00 AM

Clinton E-Mail Blackout Continues on Spanish Nets

Latino
Edgard Portela
April 13th, 2016 8:25 PM