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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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Cleric Compares Trump to Osama Bin Laden on Univision, Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
April 13th, 2016 3:45 PM
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Univisión ataca plan de Trump para financiar el muro fronterizo

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Edgard Portela
April 12th, 2016 2:18 PM
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Trump Wall Financing Plan Trashed on Univision

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Edgard Portela
April 11th, 2016 4:35 PM
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Solo Telemundo informó sobre recién fraude de visas, cruce de frontera

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Edgard Portela
April 7th, 2016 5:42 PM
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Latest Mass Visa Fraud, Border Interdiction Only Covered By Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
April 6th, 2016 8:49 PM
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Etiquetan "racista" y "antiinmigrante" a Ley de Sentencia de Arizona

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Edgard Portela
April 6th, 2016 2:04 PM

Las cadenas en español ignoran malas noticias para Hillary Clinton

Edgard Portela
April 5th, 2016 7:26 PM
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Arizona Sentencing Law Gets ‘Racist, Anti-Immigrant’ Billing

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Edgard Portela
April 5th, 2016 9:00 AM

More Bad News for Hillary Blacked Out on Spanish Nets

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Edgard Portela
April 4th, 2016 4:23 PM
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Univisión da rara cobertura positiva a acción contra criminales

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Edgard Portela
April 4th, 2016 1:48 PM
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Law Enforcement Receives Rare Positive Coverage on Univision

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Edgard Portela
March 31st, 2016 7:24 PM
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Univisión informa sobre amenazas contra una partidaria pro-Trump

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Edgard Portela
March 31st, 2016 2:22 PM
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Threats Against Trump Fan, and Response, Gets Univision's Attention

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Edgard Portela
March 30th, 2016 7:21 PM
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2 cadenas en español destacan acusaciones sin fundamento contra Cruz

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Edgard Portela
March 29th, 2016 5:07 PM
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Unsubstantiated Cruz Allegations Featured on Spanish Nets

Edgard Portela
March 28th, 2016 8:30 PM
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Univisión encubre realidad de las "ciudades santuario"

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Edgard Portela
March 24th, 2016 9:47 AM
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More Sanctuary City Cover-Up on Univision

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Edgard Portela
March 24th, 2016 9:45 AM
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¡Sorpresa! Un informe con partidarios hispanos de Trump en Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
March 23rd, 2016 5:24 PM
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Surprise! An Entire Segment with Latino Trump Supporters, on Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
March 23rd, 2016 9:15 AM
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Defensa de libertad de expresión brilla por su ausencia en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
March 17th, 2016 3:54 PM