Jorge Ramos Attacks Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at TIME 100 Gala Cedar Attanasio - Latin Times
go to original April 24, 2015

Jorge Ramos vs EPN (puas.mx)

Jorge Ramos called out Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto this week at the Time 100 Gala in an apostrophe to the President, who was not attending the event. Ramos was named one of the Time 100, individuals that the magazine deems the world’s most influential. At the Gala Ramos delivered two parts of the toast, one part in English and another part in Spanish. It wasn’t a translation, but two separate messages for two very different audiences. (See full speech below) In English, Ramos announced a “toast to three groups of Rebels.”

“The first [group of rebels] is very close to my heart. It's a group of Mexican journalist who have denounced corruption at the highest levels of the mexican government,” in English.

He went on to contextualize the recent “white house” scandal, which exposed corruption and led to the firing of veteran journalist Carmen Aristegui and her team. The scandal revealed a pay-to-play scheme in which private contractors exchanged property and favorable mortgage terms in exchange for government contracts.

...Viewers might have anticipated a translation of the toast that Ramos had just given. But his message was different, an address to Nieto himself, defiantly calling for the President’s resignation.

“Mr. Peña Nieto: buying houses from contractors, and then giving them millions in contracts is corruption. That’s why so many of us want your resignation, and we’re not going to shut up,” Ramos said, in Spanish.

Who were the other rebels? Ramos cheered the Venezuelan opposition, and called on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to free political prisoners. He also congratulated Dreamers persevering in the face of congressional impasse.

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