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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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Agenda unilateral sobre la Corte Suprema en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
March 15th, 2016 6:22 PM
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Defense of Free Speech MIA on Univision

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Edgard Portela
March 14th, 2016 1:44 PM
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One-Sided Agenda for Supreme Court, on Display at Univision

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Edgard Portela
March 12th, 2016 9:46 AM
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Analista de Univisión: Trump “Nos Va A Deportar A Todos”

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Edgard Portela
March 9th, 2016 8:52 PM
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Univision Analyst Alarmed Trump ‘Is Going to Deport Us All’

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Edgard Portela
March 9th, 2016 8:45 AM
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Favoritismo pro-aborto a plena vista en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
March 7th, 2016 9:12 PM
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Pro-Choice Favoritism In Full View On Univision

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Edgard Portela
March 7th, 2016 3:51 PM
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Una presentadora de Univisión se burla del muro fronterizo

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Edgard Portela
March 6th, 2016 11:04 AM
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Border Wall Mocked By Univision Anchor

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Edgard Portela
March 3rd, 2016 4:57 PM
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Univisión y Telemundo omiten el rechazo de Trump a respaldos racistas

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Edgard Portela
March 2nd, 2016 7:29 PM
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En la prensa con Lizzy Nelson: La integración del inmigrante

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Edgard Portela
March 2nd, 2016 3:38 PM
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In the Press with Lizzy Nelson: The Challenge of Immigrant Integration

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Edgard Portela
March 2nd, 2016 3:33 PM
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Trump's Rejection of Racist Endorsers Omitted on Univision, Telemundo

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Edgard Portela
March 1st, 2016 7:38 PM
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La diatriba contra Trump en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
February 28th, 2016 2:30 PM
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Anti-Trump Tirade on Univision

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Edgard Portela
February 27th, 2016 10:00 AM
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Fiesta para nueva “ola” de inmigrantes mexicanos en Univisión

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Edgard Portela
February 25th, 2016 5:43 PM
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Fiesta for New ‘Wave’ of Mexican Immigrants on Univision

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Edgard Portela
February 25th, 2016 5:31 PM

Univisión feliz con trastocar sistema electoral

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Edgard Portela
February 23rd, 2016 7:33 PM
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Univision Happy To Help Change Electoral Order

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Edgard Portela
February 23rd, 2016 7:26 PM